03/08/2022
Ensuring UK landfill tax continues to meet its environmental objectives
Wet size-screening actively encourages the recycling of a significant proportion of material which would otherwise be destined for landfill.
Government Regulation
03/08/2022
DOJ to Devote Substantial Resources to Investigating and Prosecuting Corporate Crime
As a testament to their commitment to these resource-intensive cases, AG Garland discussed plans to hire 120 new prosecutors and 900 new FBI agents; this announcement represents a substantial surge in resources.
03/08/2022
Singapore SMEs and labour union pledge workplace gender equality
Almost one quarter of respondents to a survey conducted by the two associations believe there is gender bias in the workplace.
03/08/2022
Acceleration of UK transparency measures: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
The current position is that the publicly accessible register held at the Land Registry for a particular piece of land only discloses the name or names of the legal title holder.
03/08/2022
Company Law and Corporate Governance – The Importance of Planning
Being attentive, alert and razor sharp at all times is difficult to achieve, so we use tools to help us stay organized and up to date with our everyday assignments or special projects.
03/08/2022
Impact of Budget 2022-23 on property owners, tenants and purchasers in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s government has relaxed the cap on the value eligible for a mortgage loan.
03/08/2022
Investors told to expect big changes to UK prospectus regime
The proposed reforms will also make it easier for unlisted public companies to offer their securities to the public
03/08/2022
A guide to Account Freezing Orders and Account Forfeiture Orders
These applications are generally brought by law enforcement agencies (National Crime Agency (NCA), Serious Fraud Office and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) and particularly their criminal investigators who attempt to preserve assets for forfeitur
03/07/2022
New rules boost Dubai’s international arbitration credentials
The new rules will take effect on 21 March 2022 and will replace rules which have been in place since 2007.
03/07/2022
Hong Kong regulatory enforcement trends: is change on the horizon?
Regulatory enforcement in Hong Kong has changed dramatically in recent years
03/06/2022
Belgium flexes its AML and regulatory muscle on crypto-service providers
Belgium partially transposed the 5th AML Directive into the Belgian AML Act by way of an act dated 20 July 2020.
03/06/2022
UAE affirms commitment to strengthening anti-money laundering efforts
Country will work closely with FATF to address remaining areas of improvement
03/06/2022
Financial Regulation: Daily Update
The documents aim to mitigate the limited risk of data truncation in CHAPS that will occur between November 2022 and April 2023.
03/06/2022
Law modernising the Luxembourg 2004 securitisation law
The Law contains some targeted adaptations to the securitisation regime under the 2004 Law with the aim to clarify certain elements to enhance legal certainty and to ensure continuing flexibility of the Luxembourg securitisation regime adequate for the ma
03/04/2022
SFC fines HSBC Securities Brokers $6.3m
The SFC found that between September 2018 and September 2021, HCCB failed to ensure compliance with the Rules of the Exchange of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
03/04/2022
The FSCA releases draft strategy for supporting transformation in the financial sector
The purpose of such engagement will be to assess current levels of transformation within the financial sector
03/04/2022
Irish Central Bank issues guidance on insurers’ use of service companies
The guidance is applicable to both insurance and reinsurance undertakings.
03/03/2022
Economic Crime Bill to introduce long-awaited register of foreign beneficial owners of UK land
The Bill also contains provisions to beef up the system of unexplained wealth orders.
03/03/2022
The new economic crime bill – greater transparency of property ownership in the UK?
Whilst the Bill is introduced in the context of Russia's attack on Ukraine, its impact will not be limited to Russian entities or persons but will affect all non-UK entities operating in the UK.
03/03/2022
Government authorises use of dormant pension assets to 'change people's lives for the better'
The UK Government has now announced an expansion of the scheme, which will be expanded to cover pensions, insurance, investment and wealth management accounts.