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11 October 2024

EU: EU uses VAT to push green policies

New energies are being devoted to the use of VAT as a tool to promote environmental sustainability and support its ambitious green policy agenda. The European Commission’s VAT Expert Group (VEG) is

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11 October 2024

MALTA: Malta wins first round against EC court challenge to citizenship by investment scheme

The European Commission (EC) has no right to impose restrictions on EU Member States’ citizenship-by-investment (CBI) policies, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European

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11 October 2024

ASIA: Race for new climate finance goal heats up: Push for China, UAE to join donor pool

Germany advocated expanding climate finance contributors to include wealthy, high-emission countries like China and Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the need for increased funds to support developing nations.

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11 October 2024

HONG KONG: Hong Kong to issue more crypto exchange licenses by year-end

Hong Kong’s Securities Futures Commission (SFC) plans to issue more licenses to crypto exchanges and digital asset firms operating in the region by the end of 2024. SFC CEO Julia Leung stated that

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11 October 2024

US: FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused

The FBI created its own cryptocurrency so it could watch suspected fraudsters use it – an idea that worked so well it produced arrests in three countries. News of the Feds’ currency, an Ethereum-based

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11 October 2024

US: Crypto Edges Towards Mass Adoption With SEC Approval Of Options For BTC ETFs

2024 has been the year of improving trust and investor confidence in crypto with the SEC approval and launch of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) for spot bitcoin (BTC) followed by ether (ETH). The AUM for

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11 October 2024

AFRICA: Kenya’s authority to explore AI and machine learning to detect tax evasion

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) intends to use technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to analyse massive amounts of data and detect patterns of tax evasion. According

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11 October 2024

UAE: UAE calls for climate finance to implement COP29 consensus

Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technologies and CEO of ADNOC, emphasized the importance of securing adequate climate finance to implement the UAE consensus during the

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7 October 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen advises Inflexion on closing of latest fund at £975 million

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Wednesday 18 September, 2024. Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Guernsey has advised European private equity firm Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP (“Inflexion”)

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7 October 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen shortlisted for Offshore Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards 2024

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Tuesday 17 September, 2024. Leading offshore law firm Carey Olsen has been shortlisted for Offshore Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards, having won the

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