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20 January 2024

GREEN FINANCE: Asset managers’ backing of ESG resolutions falls to three-year low

Asset managers backing resolutions on important environmental and social issues as company shareholders has fallen to a three-year low, according to a ShareAction report. Only eight out of 257 resolutions

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20 January 2024

AML: Clyde & Co fined £500,000 for anti-money laundering failures

Clyde & Co has been fined £500,000 after the firm and its former star shipping partner admitted breaching anti-money laundering regulations. Ed Mills-Webb, who was Chair of the Marine Global Practice

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20 January 2024

FINTECH: Crypto Hedge Funds Poised to Revolutionize Alternative Asset Investing

A game-changing shift is underway as roughly half of U.S. and European asset managers are embracing digital asset custody. Despite regulatory concerns, many experts including CKC.Fund contend that institutional

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20 January 2024

INTERNATIONAL TAX: UN Asks OECD To Study Human Rights Impact Of Tax Plans

Experts from the United Nations asked the OECD in a letter to study how its plans for a global minimum tax and a reallocation of large companies’ tax payments could impact human rights, claiming

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20 January 2024

FINTECH: Global fintech investment plummeted 48% in 2023, according to new data by Innovate Finance

The total global investment flowing into fintech reached $51.2 billion in 2023, a 48% drop from the previous year’s figure of $99 billion, according to data from UK industry body Innovate Finance.

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20 January 2024

EU: Greens chief warns new debt rules will strengthen EU far right, Putin

Ahead of a vote in the European Parliament on new debt rules for EU countries, the Greens co-president Philippe Lamberts warned against the “end of the European Union as we know it” in a worst-case

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20 January 2024

UK: Post Office could face £100m bill and insolvency, tax expert says

The Post Office could be facing a £100 million bill and insolvency after claiming tax relief for its compensation payments to subpostmasters, according to a tax expert.Dan Neidle, the head of non-profit

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20 January 2024

MALTA: Crypto exchange Binance’s Maltese tax arrears ‘covered by official secrecy’

The Maltese government refuses to publish information on the unpaid tax dues of Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange company whose founder pled guilty to violating anti-money laundering rules in the

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20 January 2024

US: SEC enhancing digital initiatives in bid to boost regulatory compliance

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is further streamlining requirements and processes for regulatory compliance as it strives to chart the Philippine corporate sector’s path toward a digital-first

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20 January 2024

ASIA: India blocks access to major offshore crypto exchanges

India has reportedly suspended access to numerous foreign cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Binance, KuCoin, and OKX. According to the Economic Times, this action follows a period of continued non-compliance

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