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Brokers hit the ground running on FATCA compliance
August 3rd, 2015
Training and planning have helped insurance brokers meet new tax reporting regulations for 2015, and compliance is moving into the “another part of doing business” phase. Initial reporting under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, meant to help combat ...
International Law firm Pinsent Masons acquires majority stake in cloud-based compliance Venture
July 29th, 2015
International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced that it is to acquire a majority stake in Cerico, the cloud-based compliance joint venture which it launched in conjunction with IT consultancy Campbell Nash two years ago. Cerico is a technology-driven solution that ...
Investigation into KPMG in connection with The Bank of New York Mellon’s compliance with the FSA’s client asset rules
June 23rd, 2015
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation under the Accountancy Scheme into the conduct of KPMG Audit plc, auditors to The Bank of New York Mellon London branch and The Bank of New York Mellon International Limited, ...
SEC Announces Charges Against Compliance Director Accused of Defrauding Investors and Stealing Brokerage Firm Assets
May 29th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Long Island man accused of fleecing investors and stealing money from a brokerage firm where he worked as the director of compliance. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that ...
EU-Switzerland taxation agreement signed in joint effort to improve tax compliance
May 28th, 2015
The European Union and Switzerland on 27 May 2015 signed an agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information, aimed at improving international tax compliance. The agreement represents an important step in ongoing efforts to clamp down on tax fraud and tax ...
Intermediaries reminded full compliance with Know Your Client and account opening procedures
May 13th, 2015
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a Circular reminding intermediaries on the importance of appropriate account opening procedures for investors in and outside Hong Kong in order to fully comply with the Know Your Client (KYC) and ...
Companies Dropping the Ball on Risk, Compliance
March 5th, 2015
Companies are woefully unprepared to deal with the increasingly challenging risk and compliance environment, and the blitz of devastating corporate blunders witnessed in 2014 will recur, and then some, this year, says Forrester Research in a scathing new report. ...
Russian Asset Sales Muddy Sanction Compliance
February 13th, 2015
U.S. Companies Already Have to Contend With Complex Rules In recent months, Boris and Arkady Rotenberg—Russian businessmen and friends of Vladimir Putin —have sold off assets to their sons that include holdings in a Gazprom drilling contractor and the sleek Finnish Langvik Congress ...
ASIC surveillance prompts FX provider to enhance compliance procedures
December 8th, 2014
Following an ASIC surveillance, Calibre Investments Pty Ltd will implement changes to the way it offers FX services to retail clients. The move is part of ASIC’s crackdown on the FX industry which has resulted in a number of ...
SWIFT addresses the Know Your Customer’s customer compliance challenge
November 12th, 2014
New ‘SWIFT Profile’ is the first in a series of additional value-added Know Your Customer Services linked to the KYC Registry. SWIFT has announced the development of the SWIFT Profile, a report that provides an overview of an institution’s ...
