Regulatory Compliance Journal
The KYC Guide for Russian Professional Counterparties
How to conduct KYC on Russian Counterparties ?Doing business with Russian entities in non-sanctioned sectors of the economy requires some specific attention points regarding client due diligence (the risk exposure assessment process of clients to money laundering and terrorist financing). Russ...
- 6 min read
AML - KYC : Impacts of the 4th AML Directive (AMLD4)
What will be the impacts of implementation of the Fourth AML EU Directive (2015/849) ?Since 1991, the European Union has regularly implemented new anti-money laundering directives. On the 20th of May 2015, the European Parliament and the Council issued the Fourth AML Directive (2015/849) on the...
- 2 min read
MiFID: Time for information transparency
MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) was put into force in November 2007 and was created with the objective of harmonising Europe's financial landscape. This Directive changed how the financial markets worked and especially how they were ruled. MiFID, time for information t...
- 3 min read
What is good corporate governance?
Corporate governance standards are a framework within which operational and behavioural standards for the board, the executive management and the wider staff are set. Hierarchy in harmony. It comes largely with an accountability movement, better management, and better control, and is based esse...
- 6 min read
Looking for Regulatory Watch Newsletter?
More work
How can AML experts fight trade-base money laundering?
AML, Compliance, Red Flags, Terrorism Financing, Risk, Financial Sanctions, Money Laundering,Beneath the seemingly ordinary surface of global commerce, criminals have created an underground world of complex schemes, where legitimate business transactions serve as a smokescreen for their illicit activities. How can anti-money laundering exper...
How has Russia circumvented sanctions?
Corruption, Cryptocurrencies, Due Diligence, Europe, European Commission, Russia, Sanctions, Financial Sanctions,In the contemporary political and economic landscape, relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) are a theater where complex games of power, influence and rivalry are played out. At the heart of these interactions are sanctions, instruments...
How is money laundered through football?
AML, Corruption, Money Laundering, Anti Money Laundering, Ethics, Know your Customer, Due Diligence, Compliance, 5AMLD, Red Flags,In May 2015, the biggest scandal in football history (known as “FIFA Gate”) led to seven FIFA executives being arrested in Zurich. The accusations focused on the use of bribery, fraud, and money laundering to rig the $150 million media and market...