The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has recently revised its Technology Risk Management Guidelines 2021 (“TRM Guidelines”) after feedback from a 2019 public consultation and engaging with cyber security experts.
Our new episode of FInsight: Global Financial Institutions Industry Podcast is the first in a special series of Fintech-focused episodes. In this episode, we focus on trends, investments and M&A in the sector.
Persons who provide investment advice “on a regular basis” will be required to be registered with the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF) in Chile. There is no clear guidance on what constitutes “a regular basis.”
We ask our Women Partners and Leaders from the industry what they enjoy most about working in Financial Institutions and what they think are the biggest challenges facing women in 2021.
Crypto around the World covers cryptoasset regulations across various jurisdictions by answering 20 questions. Drawing on the global reach of our regulatory expertise at Baker McKenzie, this publication highlights developments and various approaches in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and cryptoassets regulation in EMEA, Asia Pacific, and the USA.
The Spanish Government recently issued a new royal-decree with the aim of protecting retail potential investors in digital financial instruments and assets (Royal Decree). This seeks to counter the increase of mass-market advertising campaigns in relation to the selling of crypto-assets, including bitcoin and other assets using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) targeted at the Spanish market.