Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper August 1, 2022 Sanctions enforcement: A new era U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has called sanctions “the new FCPA.” [1] The EU has issued a proposal that would make sanctions evasion an EU crime [2] . The U.K.’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is under pressure from key global partners to step up its enforcement activity [3]. These developments are just a few of the signs that the national… Whitepaper March 22, 2022 More Than Just Sanctions: How Financial Institutions Are Impacted by the Russian-Belarussian Sanctions Financial institutions face significant legal, regulatory, operational and reputation risks related to their implementation of the Russian-Belarussian sanctions and the world events that have led to these sanctions. These risks have implications across the financial crime compliance programme and, more broadly, the entire organisation. Not all financial institutions will face the same challenges… Whitepaper March 15, 2022 10 Actions Financial Institutions Should Take to Address the Russian and Belarussian Sanctions An unprecedented wave of sanctions and export controls against Russia, and to a lesser extent Belarus, requires financial institutions from the West and other allied countries to take immediate steps to understand the impact of the complex requirements and ensure compliance. Flash Report April 10, 2020 COVID-19 Crisis Drives FASB to Propose Delays to Effective Dates of Revenue Recognition and Lease Accounting Standards for Certain Entities At its April 8 meeting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed delaying, for certain entities, the effective dates of its accounting standards for revenue recognition (Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)) and lease accounting (Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)). The board… Flash Report December 30, 2020 PPP 2.0 – A Renewed Opportunity (and New Set of Headaches) for Lenders As the old saying goes, the best deals are made when neither side gets exactly what it wants. By that standard, the most recent federal pandemic relief bill that finally passed into law in late December certainly qualifies as a great deal. Democrats who for months had been seeking a bill in excess of $3 trillion were undoubtedly disappointed by the final price tag of slightly more than $900… Whitepaper March 28, 2022 Risky Business: The Sanctions Challenges of Trade Finance As governments across the globe, including the EU, US, Canada, UK, Japan, Singapore and more, have imposed sanctions on Russia, with promises of additional action if Russia persists with its war on Ukraine, financial institutions and their customers are forced to review their trade and commodities transactions involving Russia to assess their legal and reputation risk. These reviews are… Flash Report February 28, 2022 Putin Pulls the Trigger and the West Responds Again: What Happens Now? On February 23, Protiviti issued a Flash Report on Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two Ukrainian regions as “independent people’s republics,” deployment of “peacekeeping forces,” and demands that Ukraine disarm and negotiate the sovereignty of the two separatist regions. The Flash Report also summarised the sanctions that had been imposed by the West in response to Putin’s aggression. Much has… Flash Report March 2, 2015 Recepimento in Italia della Direttiva 2011/61/UE (AIFMD Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) E’ in fase di completamento il processo di recepimento in Italia dei dettami normativi declinati dalla Direttiva 2011/61/UE (AIFMD), che si è posta l’obiettivo di ridefinire il perimetro regolamentare applicabile al risparmio gestito. Questo Flash Report descrive il processo di recepimento e le principali modifiche introdotte dalla Direttiva. Flash Report December 1, 2015 Crisi Bancarie e Fondo di Risoluzione Unico: facciamo chiarezza! I D. Lgs n° 180 e n° 181, pubblicati sulla G.U. il 16 novembre 2015, attuano la Direttiva BRRD (Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive), che istituisce un quadro di risanamento e risoluzione degli enti creditizi e delle imprese di investimento. Tale Direttiva fa parte di un insieme di norme che istituisce il Meccanismo di risoluzione unico per i Paesi dell'Eurozona (il Regolamento SRM). Questo… Whitepaper June 1, 2015 Il nuovo "Intermediario Finanziario Unico” Il D.Lgs. 141 del 13 agosto 2010, ha riformato la disciplina del credito al consumo e aggiornato il Testo Unico Bancario, introducendo una nuova modalità di individuazione degli intermediari finanziari iscritti all’elenco generale e comportando alcune importanti modifiche. La rivisitazione normativa si è conclusa con la pubblicazione da parte della Banca d’Italia della Circolare 288/2015 - “… Load More
