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International anti-money laundering standards: What about virtual currency?
Global | Publication | August 2019
On June 21, the Financial Action Task Force announced that it had adopted an interpretive note to its recommendation on new technologies to further clarify the applicability of the recommendations to virtual asset activities. It also issued guidance to assist countries and businesses on their AML/CFT obligations regarding virtual asset activities. In her International Banking column, Kathleen Scott discusses some of the major points of the new interpretive note and guidance.
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Secondary capital raising regime
In July 2022 the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review published its report (Report) setting out a series of bold and wide-ranging recommendations for improving the secondary capital raising regime in the UK designed to make it quicker, more flexible, more inclusive of retail investors and more cost-effective, as well as moving towards digitisation and making better use of technology.
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Essential Corporate news – Week ending 2 May 2025
This briefing forms part of a series looking in detail at the SRA’s guidance for in-house teams, issued following a thematic review of the sector, recognising the growth and importance of the in-house role and the unique pressures to which in-house solicitors can be subject.
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