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A&O Shearman

Pandora Papers Fallout: Proposed US Legislation Targets “Enablers” of Money Laundering

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The release of the Pandora Papers, a leak of approximately 12 million documents, exposed how foreign leaders and private actors use tax havens to conceal their wealth, with the United States a destination of choice. For...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Panama Papers and Shell Games, Part I

One of the more prescient authors I know is Ryan C. Hubbs, a senior manager of fraud investigation and dispute services at Ernst & Young LLP (EY), who, in 2014, wrote an article for Fraud Magazine entitled “Shell Games”. In...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rules for Customer Due Diligence Requirements

On May 11, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the final version of its long-awaited “Customer Due Diligence Rules” under the Bank Secrecy Act. The final rules impose a new requirement on...more

Carlton Fields

FinCEN Unveils “Fifth Pillar” of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

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The idea that a “fifth pillar” of Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) compliance – customer due diligence requiring U.S. banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds, commodity futures merchants, and introducing brokers (“covered financial...more

Winstead PC

Investment Insights - Top 10 Takeaways (November 2015)

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Cybersecurity is more than a compliance issue, it is a business issue for all businesses, including investment advisers. What do your policies and procedures say and are you actively following them? How are your service...more

K&L Gates LLP

The New World Wide Web: FATCA Inspires a Global Effort to Fight Tax Evasion

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The rapid evolution of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) from a U.S. driven effort to crack down on U.S. offshore tax evaders into an information reporting mechanism being considered for adoption throughout the...more

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