The Australian financial conduct regulator is forging ahead with world-first rules to govern digital assets, including complex crypto tokens that allow for decentralised control in place of traditional boards.
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UN Int’l Anti-Corruption Day: The challenge with enhanced due diligence is how it’s implemented
No matter how perfectly crafted an organization’s policies, identifying when enhanced due diligence (EDD) is merited and how fine-tuned its procedures specifying how EDD will be conducted, workplace realities can impact who is undertaking the task and how backlogged their to-do list happens to be.
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Once-in-a-decade opportunity to improve NZ’s anti-money laundering regime
Ahead of the Anti-Money Laundering Online Conference, Gary Hughes examines the Statutory Review of New Zealand’s AML/CFT regime.
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How corporates are tackling climate change, one contract clause at a time
As the dust settles on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, how can lawyers help in the push towards achieving net zero?
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UN Int’l Anti-Corruption Day: The peril of poorly done enhanced due diligence
With a shifting workforce, disrupted operations, and supply chain issues, many organizations may be compelled to do business with entities they would not previously have considered.
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Egmont helps FIUs and banks to detect extreme right financial flows, aims for best practice
The increasingly transnational spread of extreme right-wing terrorism warrants more involvement from financial intelligence units
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Top four regions for bribery and corruption revealed: Global Fraud and Risk Report 2021
The top four regions in terms of the threat of bribery and corruption have been identified as the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific
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Cyber crime spreads in Australia as COVID-19 pushes more people online
Australia reported on Wednesday a 13% jump in cyber crime in the past year.
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IMPACT ANALYSIS: Insurers must review pricing systems after ASIC civil penalty action against IAL
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Insurance Australia Ltd (IAL).
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New podcast: ESG report demonstrates growing importance in global financial services industry
In our latest podcast, we discuss our recent report on ESGissues and their impact on financial institutions.
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