In its Enforcement Report published today, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has detailed several actions against financial institutions (FIs) and individuals for market abuse, financial misconduct, and control breaches related to money laundering. The MAS...
Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) on 15th of July 2020 published a guidance paper which sets out MAS’ supervisory expectations of sound practices where anti-money laundering / countering of financing of terrorism (“AML/CFT”) control functions are outsourced. In...
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) conducted thematic inspections on enterprise-wide risk assessment on money laundering and terrorism financing (EWRA) in 2020. The paper highlights inspection observations and MAS’ supervisory expectations of effective EWRA...
On 15th July 2020, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a guidance paper which sets out MAS’ expectations of Capital Market Intermediaries (CMI) in relation to Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) control functions being...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has come under scrutiny after whistleblowing complaints have surfaced revealing a disregard for anti-money laundering rules when providing billions of euros to projects around the world. The EU bank has called for an inquiry into a...
Addressing the adverse systemic economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Banking Authority has supported the measures taken by national governments and EU bodies. Even as most economies face a downturn, it is essential to preserve the effectiveness and...
