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The New Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Regime is Now in Force

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The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the “BOT Act”) is now in force. The BOT Act was gazetted in December 2023 and was brought into force on 31 July 2024 by the BOT Act Commencement Order. The new Beneficial...more

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Conyers Coverage Issue 11 – Summer 2024

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A warm welcome to the Summer edition of Conyers Coverage. The whirlwind that is the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry continues to blow with gusto! To keep you updated on recent developments, we include various items from...more

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Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – January to March 2024

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Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more

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Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook 2024: Cayman Islands

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2023 was an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. While we have endeavoured to keep you updated throughout the year with our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Reviews, our team has highlighted below the key changes...more

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Treasury Announces Renewed Push for Investment Adviser AML Rules

The United States Department of the Treasury has announced that it is working to address what it perceives as money laundering risks associated with investment advisers. Specifically, the agency asserts that absent consistent...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act: What To Know and Expect Starting January 1, 2024

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Beginning January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require most entities formed or registered to do business in the United States to disclose detailed information regarding their owners, officers, and...more

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FATF Removes Cayman Islands from Grey List

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Oct 2023 This decision was announced on 27 October at the closing of the FATF’s plenary meetings in Paris, France. The FATF announcement confirmed that the Cayman Islands maintains a robust and effective anti-money...more

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AML update: regulatory expectations in respect of beneficial ownership & control

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The Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC") recently published feedback from its 2022 thematic examination on the extent to which supervised persons complied with their regulatory obligations with respect to...more

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Central Bank of Ireland - Anti-Money Laundering Bulletin for the Funds Sector

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Having recently conducted a number of anti-money laundering, counter financing of terrorism and financial sanctions (“AML/CFT/FS”) supervisory engagements with Funds and Fund Management Companies (“Firms”), the Central Bank...more

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“Attachés” de la Tesorería, Enlaces de Unidades de Inteligencia Financiera Extranjera e Instituciones Financieras Extranjeras

La Ley ALD del 2020 (“AML Act of 2020”) incluye la creación de los “Attachés del Tesoro” (SEC. 6106, designados por el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos) y los “Enlaces de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera...more

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Treasury Attachés, Foreign Financial Intelligence Unit Liaisons and Foreign Financial Institutions

The AML Act of 2020 includes the creation of  “Treasury Attachés” (SEC. 6106, appointed by the US Treasury Department) and the “Foreign Financial Intelligence Unit Liaisons” (SEC. 6108, appointed by FinCEN) to be stationed...more

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Bancos Extranjeros y el Nuevo Alcance de Brazo Largo del Tesoro de los EE. UU y el “DOJ”

Antes de la aprobación de la LEY AML del 2020 (“AML ACT of 2020”), el Departamento del Tesoro de los EE. UU. y el Departamento de Justicia de los EE. UU. (“DOJ”) tenían la autoridad para citar (“subpoena”) a los bancos...more

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Foreign Bank and the New Longer Arm of the US Treasury and DOJ

Before passage of the AML ACT of 2020 (the “ACT”), The US Department of the Treasury, and the US Justice Department (DOJ) had US legal authority to subpoena foreign banks with US correspondent accounts for related US records...more

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Hong Kong SFC Consults on Enhancements to Anti-Money Laundering Guideline

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Amidst its continued regulatory focus on money laundering and terrorist financing risks, the SFC seeks to clarify and consolidate guidance for licensed firms. On 18 September 2020, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures...more

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The Basel AML Index 2020: Across the Globe, Weak Oversight and Dormant Enforcement Systems. A Guest Blog.

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AML Standards May Exist in Theory, But Often are Not Enforced in Practice - Today we are very pleased to welcome, once again, guest bloggers Gretta Fenner and Dr. Kateryna Boguslavska of the Basel Institute on Governance...more

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European Banking Authority Announces 10-Point Action Plan on Cum-Ex/Cum-Cum

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In Short: Since the Cum-Ex Files were released in 2018, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") has been conducting research, through surveys sent to competent authorities, about the risks posed by dividend trading arbitrage...more

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