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Impact of US Treasury's Special Measures Against Iranian Financial Sector and State Department's Designations on Non-US Banks
22 November 2011
Publication
Last night, the Obama Administration unveiled additional sanctions measures directed at deterring transactions between non-US persons and Iran, including through additional restrictions on US correspondent banking activity and expanded authority to retaliate...
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FSA Update - 28 February 2011
28 February 2011
Publication
FSA Update is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the FSA during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on at the FSA and is particularly aimed at lawyers who do not deal with FSA rules every day...
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SFC consultation paper on proposed anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing guidelines
7 November 2011
Publication
On 1 April 2012, the new Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance, Cap. 615 ("AMLO") will come into effect, which introduces a new legislative framework on the obligations of financial institutions to...
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The Dutch implementation of the Third Money Laudering Directive - the Prevention of Money-laundering and Terrorist Financing Act
1 April 2011
Publication
Originally published in October 2008
Until mid 2008, the Dutch landscape of integrity legislation was substantially formed by the Customer Identification Act (Wet identificatie dienstverlening, the WID) and the Unusual Transaction Reporting Act (Wet melding ongebruikelijke...
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Luxembourg Legal Update - January 2011
12 January 2011
Publication
We are pleased to provide you with the second edition of our Luxembourg Legal Update.
The newsletter provides a compact summary and guidance on the new legal issues which may impact your business, particularly in relation to banking, finance, capital markets,...
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Thailand: Changes to the anti-money laundering law
12 July 2011
Publication
Amendments have been made to the Anti-Money Laundering Act 1999 (AMLA), together with the ministerial regulations issued under this Act. The Act regulates and oversees financial transactions for detecting and preventing money laundering activities in Thailand.
The...
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FSA Update - 13 June 2011
13 June 2011
Publication
FSA Update is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the FSA during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on at the FSA and is particularly aimed at lawyers who do not deal with FSA rules every day...
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FSA Update - 18 April 2011
18 April 2011
Publication
FSA Update is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the FSA during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on at the FSA and is particularly aimed at lawyers who do not deal with FSA rules every day...
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FSA Update - 11 April 2011
18 April 2011
Publication
FSA Update is a weekly alerter providing views on the publications issued by the FSA during the last week. It provides a quick way to keep up to speed with what is going on at the FSA and is particularly aimed at lawyers who do not deal with FSA rules every day...
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SEC Initiates Sweep of Firms Doing Business with Sovereign Wealth Funds
22 January 2011
Publication
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has issued information requests to at least ten banks and private equity firms to examine whether their dealings with sovereign wealth funds ("SWFs") implicate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices...