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Mar 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Hannah Cassidy |Chee Hian Kwah |Simone Hui |Lydia H. Wong

In this bulletin, we set out recent regulatory developments in relation to virtual asset activities in both Hong Kong and Singapore.

Feb 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Hannah Cassidy |Chee Hian Kwah |Lydia H. Wong |Calvin To

In this bulletin, we set out recent regulatory developments in relation to virtual asset activities in both Hong Kong and Singapore.

Feb 15, 2024 | mondaq.com | Ruth Overington |Hannah Cassidy |Hywel Jenkins |Chee Hian Kwah

Ground continues to shift under senior managers as regulators refine their approach Senior accountability regimes were a flagship of post Global Financial Crisis regulatory change in many key jurisdictions. Where these regimes have been up and running for a period, policymakers are now looking at the effectiveness of these regimes and whether change is needed to respond to today's operating environment.

Feb 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Charlotte Henry |Chee Hian Kwah |Susannah Cogman |Alice Molan

Financial crime risk keeps evolving and firms must stay on their toes With the plethora of sanctions triggered by recent conflicts, criminal cases associated with crypto collapses, the proliferation of fraud from scams involving unauthorised transactions and authorised push payments (APP) and the sophistication of global cyber-attacks, financial crime remains one of the most significant risks facing firms.

Jan 30, 2024 | lexology.com | Hannah Cassidy |Kelesi Blundell |Michelle Virgiany |Patricia Horton |Chee Hian Kwah |Calvin To

Tokenisation of existing securitiesTokenisation of securities (securities that are traditionally issued but then represented digitally using distributed ledger technology (DLT), or security tokens that exist only on DLT) is a focus for many in the financial services industry including banks and financial market infrastructure. The EU DLT Pilot regime launched in March 2023 and allows the testing of use of DLT for issuance, trading, and settlement of certain tokenised financial instruments.