Sustainability Report 2024
Private markets and wealth management: a growing connection
How technology enables broader access to private markets
17 April 2023
On 2 March 2023, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced its Supervisory Priorities for 2023, highlighting its top priorities for the coming year based on the MFSA’s Strategic Statement issued in January 2023, as well as on the ESA’s 2023 priorities.
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04 April 2023
On 1 February, 2023, the UK Government published its long awaited Consultation Paper on the country’s proposals on the future financial services regulatory regime for crypto-assets. The Consultation, which comes on the back of an earlier exercise in April 2022 focused on stablecoins, is yet another sign that regulatory authorities are ramping up their frameworks on the back of increased scrutiny surrounding crypto-assets.
Read about the updates affecting businesses in Bermuda.
On February 24 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held its plenary to discuss a range of issues impacting the global AML/CFT landscape. Read the latest updates here.
The MAS’ expects Financial institutions (“FIs”) to review their existing controls to ensure that they remain adequate to mitigate the ML/TF risks from high growth areas.
Read our latest update on the management, operation and marketing of Collective Investment Schemes applicable to Singapore.
29 March 2023
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) has published its consultation conclusions on Crypto-assets and Stablecoins.
23 March 2023
Melville Rodrigues, Head of Real Estate Advisory at Apex Group writes for IPE Real Assets, calling for a solution that will plug the fund access gap for UK asset managers wishing to access EEA investors.
21 March 2023
This regulatory update provides a snapshot of recently announced changes taking effect in Mauritius for Q4 2022.
16 March 2023
APAC update: Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) risks in the wealth management sector
10 March 2023
The policy objectives are to safeguard Hong Kong’s monetary and financial stability while supporting financial innovation, and to adopt the relevant international regulatory recommendations.
