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Emerging Prudential Risks
Xi Jinping Unveils Roadmap for Achieving ‘Financial Powerhouse’ Status
17/01/2024
The Chinese President highlighted the need for stronger connectivity between domestic and foreign financial markets and greater influence over international rules.
PEPs & Sanctions
S. Korea Imposes Sanctions to Block DPRK Maritime Activities
17/01/2024
The sanctions target ships, individuals, and organisations for “illegal maritime activities that support North Korea’s nuclear and missile development.”
Structural Regulation
Tokyo Bourse Names Firms With Capital Efficiency Plans
16/01/2024
The list is intended to “name and shame” companies that don’t disclose plans to increase their capital efficiency
Trading & Investment
Malaysia to Exempt Unit Trusts from CGT, FSI Tax
16/01/2024
The exemption on CGT is effective until 31 Dec 2028. The exemption on FSI is effective until 31 Dec 2026.
Anti-Money Laundering
BIS to Study Financial Crime Detection in Retail Payments
15/01/2024
Project Hertha will map financial crime typologies in real-time payment systems, and build a synthetic dataset to test identification of the typologies.
Market Abuse
Korea Confirms Illegal Short Selling by Two More Global Banks
15/01/2024
The FSS said it has confirmed that two investment banks submitted naked short selling orders worth a combined KRW 54 billion.
Tokenisation
BIS to Explore Tokenisation of Promissory Notes Used to Funds MDBs
15/01/2024
Project Promissa intends to simplify the management of the notes and provide a single source of truth for all counterparties throughout the notes’ lifecycles
Anti-Money Laundering
NYDFS Announces $8m Settlement With Genesis Global Trading
15/01/2024
Genesis Global Trading is also required to give up its BitLicense and cease all operations in New York as part of the settlement.
PEPs & Sanctions
Better Enforcement Needed on Russia-related Export Controls
15/01/2024
New report calls for coalition authorities to address the role of third-country intermediaries in export controls circumvention schemes.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions HK, UAE Companies to Target Houthi Revenues
15/01/2024
OFAC also identified four vessels as blocked property for their involvement in shipping Iranian commodities on behalf of a Houthi financial facilitator.
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