The Financial Conduct Authority has been given a lead role in targeting money laundering, crypto-assets and money transfer scams in a government fraud strategy involving multiple agencies, which lawyers expect will boost enforcement action and heap a new compliance burden on financial institutions.
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Fraud Plan Puts FCA At Forefront Of UK Crypto-Crackdown

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority has been given a lead role in targeting money laundering, crypto-assets and money transfer scams in a government fraud strategy involving multiple agencies, which lawyers expect will boost enforcement action and heap a new compliance burden on financial institutions.

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FCA To Use AI To Spot Consumer Harm Faster In New Plan

By Alex Davidson

The Financial Conduct Authority set out plans on Thursday to use artificial intelligence as a regulatory tool to authorize businesses and detect harm faster in its annual work program.

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UK Watchdog Revamps Audit Supervision In Quality Boost Bid

By Alex Davidson

The accounting watchdog has launched a modernized supervisory framework for audit firms, centered on their systems of quality management used to deal with risks to audit quality.

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ENFORCEMENT

Odey Denies Threat To Shut Biz To Scupper Misconduct Probe

By William Janes

Crispin Odey denied at a tribunal on Thursday that he threatened to shut down his hedge fund to force executives not to impose restrictions on him to safeguard women at the firm after repeated allegations of sexual misconduct.

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UK Hits Crypto Network Tied To Cambodia Scam Hub

By Christopher Crosby

The U.K. sanctioned on Thursday a "key lieutenant" to the billionaire businessman behind Cambodia's scam centers as well as a major crypto marketplace catering to fraudsters in the latest crackdown on online threats that target Britons.

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LITIGATION

Whistleblower Bank Exec Wins Costs In Welsh Bribery Feud

By Hanna Vioque

A bank in Wales must help pay a former senior executive's costs in a dispute over claims that it fired him for raising concerns that his line manager was allegedly accepting bribes from the CEO. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

Financial Redress Body To Use AI Tech For 'Routine Tasks'

By Martin Croucher

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme said Thursday that it wants to automate routine tasks with artificial intelligence technology in the next five years.

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Employers Urged To Address Risks From Pension Shortfalls

By Joel Poultney

A greater understanding by workers of the looming threat posed by inadequate pension savings will place increasing pressure on employers to offer more compelling retirement plans, Hymans Robertson has said.

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EU Adopts Landmark Anti-Corruption Law

By Christopher Crosby

European Union lawmakers passed a new set of bloc-wide anti-corruption rules on Thursday that will streamline legal definitions and set out penalties for bribery, misappropriation and economic crimes as the bloc seeks to crack down on corruption across borders.

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Insurers Criticize FCA Over Rules On Charging For Advice

By Martin Croucher

Insurers have hit out at the Financial Conduct Authority's refusal to budge on rules over subsidized financial advice.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Assessing Potential Legal Claims From Private Credit Turmoil

Amid the downturn in the private credit markets spurred by multiple high-profile bankruptcies, a New York lawsuit stemming from the collapse of First Brands provides an important case study for investors to help minimize future losses and maximize any potential recovery in the event of a private credit default, say attorneys at Bleichmar Fonti.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 Stone Buildings

Addleshaw Goddard

Bleichmar Fonti

Fountain Court Chambers

Jenner & Block

Kingsley Napley

Norton Rose

QEB Hollis Whiteman

Seddons Law LLP

Shoosmiths LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Spencer West LLP

TLT LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Association of British Insurers

Blackstone Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

First Brands Group

Fitch Ratings Ltd.

Fort Point Capital

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Glencore PLC

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

KPMG International

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Macquarie Group Ltd.

Neuberger Berman Group LLC

Odey Asset Management LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bank of England

European Anti-Fraud Office

European Commission

European Union

Europol

Financial Conduct Authority

Financial Reporting Council

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

International Monetary Fund

Interpol

National Crime Agency

New York Supreme Court, New York County

U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

UK Pensions Regulator

UK Upper Tribunal