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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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Banking Bites - May 2022 #2

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Privy Council rules against extension of the Quincecare duty - Does a bank owe a duty of care to a person who is the beneficial owner of funds held in the account of a customer of the bank and who has been defrauded by...more

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Four major changes to corporate transparency in 2022

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There is no doubt 2022 has signalled a renewed focus on beneficial ownership transparency. White & Case partners Jonah Anderson and Anneka Randhawa, and associate Laura Higgins have collaborated with Hannah Lilley and Michael...more

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Using Art to Evade Sanctions and Launder Money: The Senate Report

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Is Art an “Ideal Playing Ground” for Money Laundering? Last week, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for the U.S. Senate released a detailed, 147-page report titled “The Art Industry and U.S. Policies That...more

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The EU’s Efforts to Combat Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and Corruption Seem to Overlook a Very American Approach:...

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The European Union (“EU”) recently has grappled with a series of massive money laundering scandals and strategized about how to more effectively combat international money laundering and corruption. Generally, the EU has...more

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Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2019 - The Government of Ireland approved the general scheme of drafting of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing)...more

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Investment Funds Update - Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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General data protection regulation – Irish funds working group updates - In July 2018, the Irish Funds General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) working group (the "Working Group") issued an...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Fourth Quarter 2017: Developments in the Luxembourg Financial Sector

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Luxembourg recently published two important bills to combat money laundering and terrorism financing – one transposes the EU AML4 Directive1 into Luxembourg law; the second establishes a central register of beneficial owners,...more

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May 2018: D-Day for FinCEN Customer Due Diligence and EU’s General Data Privacy Regulations

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Chief compliance officers for financial institutions are going to have a rough May 2018. First, on May 11, 2018, the new CDD Rule for beneficial ownership becomes effective. Two weeks later, on May 25, 2018, the EU’s...more

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Beneficial Ownership Due Diligence Requirements

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The new FinCEN regulations requiring financial institutions to secure beneficial ownership information is fast approaching – May 2018. The US has been way behind in this regulatory area. As a result, money-laundering activity...more

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European Parliament: The U.S. is a Haven for Tax Cheats and Money Launderers

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Earlier this week, we blogged about how the United States recently declared the Philippines to be a “major money laundering country.” On the same day of our post, March 7, the European Parliament (EP) issued a Report which...more

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