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FINRA Fines Three Broker-Dealers Over AML Compliance Failures, Suspends Executives

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/20/2013

On May 8, FINRA announced that it fined three firms a combined $900,000 and suspended four executives for allegedly failing to establish and implement adequate anti-money laundering programs. ...more

Managing An AML Compliance Program

by Michael Volkov on 4/17/2013

There are many unique challenges to managing an AML compliance program. Depending on the size of the bank or financial institution, each presents a different constellation of compliance factors....more

Federal Reserve Board, New York DFS Issue Joint Enforcement Action Against U.S. Branch Of Foreign Bank

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/12/2013

On April 4, the Federal Reserve Board released a March 25, 2013 written agreement between the Federal Reserve Board, the New York Department of Financial Services, and a German bank and its U.S. branch regarding certain...more

AML Enforcement – A New Era Of Compliance

by Michael Volkov on 4/10/2013

Last year was the year of Bank Secrecy, sanctions and anti-Money Laundering enforcement. The HSBC settlement sparked significant controversy over the claim by the Justice Department that HSBC and other banks are “too big to...more

SEC Announces 2013 Examination Priorities for the Investment Management Industry

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 3/1/2013

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) has published its list and discussion of examination priorities for the investment management industry in 2013, which includes both market-wide initiatives...more

Inside M&A - Winter 2013

by Obiamaka P. Madubuko, Jeffrey Rothschild, Frank Schoneveld, Jake Townsend | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: - FCPA Due Diligence is Critical to Avoid Successor Liability in Cross-Border Transactions - China’s Merger Control Rules...more

FINRA Issues 2013 Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/4/2013

Overview: On January 11, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulated Authority (FINRA) issued its 2013 Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter (Priorities Letter). This letter is issued annually to highlight new...more

The HSBC AML Settlement - Lessons Learned for the AML Compliance Practitioner

by Thomas Fox on 1/14/2013

I recently wrote about banks behaving badly. Currently, Exhibit A in that list is HSBC. In December, 2012, the UK banking giant HSBC agreed to pay a fine of $1.92 billion for its transgressions involving money laundering....more

Banks Take It On The Chin

by Michael Volkov on 1/4/2013

The end of the year was very tough for global banks. For months significant enforcement actions were expected in the ongoing LIBOR manipulation probe and anti-money laundering and sanctions violations probes....more

Is It the End of the (Compliance) World?

by Thomas Fox on 12/21/2012

Today the Mayans predicted the world would end. I must say that I find the Mayans had a complete lack of courtesy, indeed if not foresight, as they did not identify the time the world would end and further did not specify if...more

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