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Principaux développements dans le secteur des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux

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De nouveaux développements sur le plan réglementaire, technologique et culturel viennent façonner l’évolution du secteur des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux au Canada en 2024....more

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Key Developments in the Pensions and Benefits Sector

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New regulatory, technological and cultural developments are shaping the evolution of Canada’s pensions and benefits sector in 2024. Below are five factors impacting how pension plans and funds operate...more

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Overview of OJK's New Shares Buyback Regulation: Key Changes and Implications

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On December 29, 2023, the Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan or "OJK") issued a new regulation, OJK Regulation No. 29 of 2023 (the "New Regulation"), which revokes the previous OJK Regulation No....more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market Issues Regulations on Distributed Ledger Technology Foundations

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Recognising new realities in decentralisation, the regulations aim to provide market players with governance flexibility within distributed ledger technology foundations. On 2 October 2023, the Board of Directors of Abu...more

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 - anti-money laundering considerations for the regulated sector

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As part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, there are two new 'pay-away' exceptions to the need for a firm in the regulated sector to file a Defence against Money Laundering - Previously a firm in...more

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UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements – A Recap

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The UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has delayed the release of its policy statement setting out the final rules of the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs), leaving asset...more

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BVI to Introduce the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act

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The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) is proposing to introduce virtual assets service provider (“VASP”) legislation and has recently circulated a draft bill in the form of the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022 (the...more

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Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority clarifies the characterisation of crypto-assets

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By means of a communication dated 22 November 2022, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has provided clarification of the most common cases where crypto-assets may fall within the scope of the...more

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The Brexit Freedoms Bill and the MiFID Override for Financial Services Regulation

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U.K. financial regulation includes a small and unusual provision, the so-called “MiFID override,” which prioritises the EU’s MiFID II regime over the U.K.’s own regulatory framework when determining questions of what is...more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market Enhances Its Environmental, Commodities, Digital and Capital Markets Framework

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The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has recently published new financial services amending regulations and various amended rulebook modules. These wide-ranging measures update ADGM’s rules on environmental matters, virtual...more

Allen Matkins

What Is A Church? The CFL Tells How To Tell

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The word "church" has an interesting ancestry.  It most likely began as a Germanic word that entered the Greek language and then moved on to English.  The Greek word, κυριακός, means for or of an owner, master or lord (κύριος...more

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What You Need to Know About Virtual Assets Law in the UAE?

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Virtual asset is an innovative technology representing value which could be stored, traded, transferred or used as a payment tool in a digital form. Bitcoin, crypto assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all virtual assets. ...more

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Funds and asset management regulatory news, April 2021 # 2

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FCA approach to handling of Connaught complaints about FSA/FCA -Following the report of Raj Parker's "Independent Review into the FSA and FCA's handling of the Connaught Income Fund Series 2 and connected companies", the...more

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Indonesia in Focus Newsletter - March 2021

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New “priority list” for foreign investment The Indonesian government has issued Presidential Regulation No. 10 of 2021 (the “Regulation”) at the end of February, following the passage of its job creation law last year...more

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New Guidance on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in the ADGM

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On October 14, 2019, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) published guidance on the development and use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), including their design,...more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market Issues Updated Comprehensive Guidance on Cryptoasset Framework

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In June 2018, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) unveiled a dedicated cryptoasset regulatory framework by way of various amendments to the FSRA’s core regulations – the Financial...more

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Investors Welcome ADGM’s Guidance on Dedicated Cryptoasset Framework

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The Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Guidance clarifies and expands FSRA expectations for OCAB Framework license holders. In June 2018, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) unveiled a...more

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UK Ring-Fencing Order Brings Full Regime Into Force From January 2019

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The U.K. Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2018 has been made. The Order brings into force, from January 1, 2019, those provisions of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 on...more

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Decisions of a private body acting as a ‘Skilled Person’ cannot be judicially reviewed

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In an important decision on when private bodies can be subject to judicial review, the Court of Appeal confirmed that KPMG’s decisions as a “Skilled Person” (per s166 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)) in a...more

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Global Regulatory Update for Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings

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• The rapid proliferation of technological advancements in global financial markets has caused regulators in several countries to increase their scrutiny of investments in, and implications of, cryptocurrencies. • This...more

Morgan Lewis

NYDFS Modifies, Delays Implementation of Cybersecurity Rules

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The modified rules, which still remain among the most prohibitive, could be adopted in final form as early as this month. Since September 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has been...more

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UK Legislation Implements Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 Updates to Secondary Legislation

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The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 2016 was made...more

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Part I - TCPA: Regulatory - Calls By or on Behalf of the Federal Government

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A number of organizations filed comments and/or reply comments regarding the National Consumer Law Center (“NCLC”)’s Petition for Reconsideration of the Broadnet Declaratory Ruling, which asks that the FCC reconsider its...more

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Enforcement Week I: Troubling Questions Raised in HSBC Prosecution

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We had an interesting week of anti-corruption enforcement actions last week, both in the US and the UK. We have now had four Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions since the announcement of the Depart Of...more

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After Favorable LIBOR Ruling from the Second Circuit, Investors Now Allege Anticompetitive SIBOR Manipulation

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On July 5, 2016, investors filed a federal class action in the Southern District of New York alleging defendant banks had manipulated the Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (SIBOR) “and/or” Singapore Swap Offer Rate (SOR)...more

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