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Posted on10/10/201910/10/2019

The final frontier for financial crime

Financial crime is a truly global issue. As readers of this blog would know, it often involves cross-border issues, and the laws of multiple jurisdictions…

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Posted on05/07/201905/07/2019

The five W’s and How of Hong Kong’s mutual evaluation assessment

This post was written by Kendal McCarthy and Leonie Tear As Hong Kong eagerly anticipates the release of the Financial Action Task Force’s (“FATF”) mutual…

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Posted on18/06/201918/06/2019

US regulation of virtual assets

This article was written by Leonie Tear, Richard Mertl, Aaron Wolfson and Nikita Ajwani The United States (“US”) government has continued its drive to regulate…

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Posted on01/03/201902/03/2019

FATF releases 2019 guidance on virtual assets

This post was written by Urszula McCormack, Leonie Tear and Nikita Ajwani. Virtual asset adoption within traditional finance can only occur with clear regulation.  A…

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Posted on11/02/201911/02/2019

Singapore halts security token offering: beware the LinkedIn post

This post was written by Urszula McCormack and Jack Nelson On 24 January 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) announced that it had issued a warning in connection with a proposed token sale…

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Posted on07/12/201811/02/2019

Insurance Authority testing the waters on its first ‘fast track’ licence

A recent statement from the Insurance Authority’s (“IA”) CEO Mr Clement Cheung indicated that the IA is set to approve its first authorised insurer licence…

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Posted on05/12/2018

The new frontier in sanctions – OFAC and Bitcoin

This post was written by Urszula McCormack, Leonie Tear and Jack Nelson The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)…

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Posted on21/11/201821/11/2018

Decentralised exchanges feel the heat

This post was written by Urszula McCormack, Richard Mertl, Leonie Tear and Jack Nelson Combine a smart contract with a website interface and you can…

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Posted on31/10/201831/10/2018

“Mastermind” nominee and warehousing arrangements under scrutiny

Nominee and warehousing arrangements can serve important purposes. However, they are also ripe for abuse. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) issued a circular…

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Posted on26/10/2018

E-sports – a new ball game

For those who watched the team selection day for the NBA 2K league, you may have been forgiven for being confused. The selected ‘athletes’ were…

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