FSR and Corporate Crime Notes

FATF expects to finalise mutual evaluation report on Hong Kong's AML/CFT regime by September 2019

The mutual evaluation of Hong Kong was a subject of discussion at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s recent plenary meeting in Orlando, Florida …

Corporate Crime update – Spring 2019

The month ahead in financial services regulatory developments…

FATF Releases Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation Report of China

Authors: Kyle Wombolt, Jeremy Birch, Karen Ip and Mark Chu On 17 April 2019, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its fourth round mutual …

The month ahead in financial services regulatory developments...

New podcast on conducting internal investigations in Asia

Robert Hunt, a partner in the firm's corporate crime and investigations practice, has recorded a podcast for the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Blog on …

AML/CFT compliance in Hong Kong: Recent record fine and reminder of latest guidance

Authors: William Hallatt, Hannah Cassidy, Natalie Curtis, Valerie Tao and Jennifer Fong. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has …

Parliamentary Reports Back Improvements to the Supervision and Prosecution of Economic Crime

In this article we summarise some of the key points arising from two important reports regarding economic crime in the UK which have been published in …

Corporate Crime Update - Winter 2019

Anti-money laundering regulatory round-up

Author: Susannah Cogman Late 2018 and early 2019 saw a flurry of regulatory developments and proposals relating to anti-money laundering. We have …

HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS’ 2019 GUIDE TO CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS IN CHINA

Authors: Kyle Wombolt and Anita Phillips Kyle Wombolt, global head of corporate crime and investigations, and Anita Phillips, professional support …

Corporate Crime update - December 2018

Welcome to the December 2018 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, …