13 Blog posts

The 1MDB case will affect multiple financial institutions

Some banks have also now come forward to self-report their compliance breaches and Singapore is currently liaising with other countries relating to questionable fund flows possibly connected with 1MDB. Does your financial institution know if they are exposed to this investigation? Is your KYC policy, process and procedure defensible? Do you know where to go…

Impact of Brexit

Do you wonder what the impact of Brexit will be on your industry, your company, your employees? Let us know what your biggest challenge is and what kind of information you are desperate to find. As a global legal conference organiser we will be looking to bring you together with experts and peers to provide…

3 top tips to prepare for a DCAA audit

3 top tips to prepare for a DCAA audit We have asked expert and US Government Liaison for Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, Ove Norseth what his top three tips are for everyone struggling to prepare a DCAA Audit. Read his tips here.  Ove is also a chair at the annual forum on US Defence…

Upcoming Event – Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime

Economic Sanctions and Financial Crime – 5th Annual Conference taking place on the 15th-16th November in London. Attend this event and benefit from thought leadership and advanced-level discussions helping you to comply with internal, domestic and international Anti Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Finance (CTF) and Economic Sanctions Enforcement Regulations. REGISTER NOW for an exclusive…

An Interview with Sergei Kaduk, DCM Director, Sberbank CIS

Challenges and Prospects of the Securitisation Market in Russia An Interview with Sergei Kaduk, DCM Director, Sberbank CIS 29 July, 2014 by Anita Arthur (a.arthur @ c5-online.com), Divisional Manager, Emerging Markets, C5 Communications – Sergei, you’ve worked in the Russian securitisation market for a longtime and have an impressive track record of good deals. How…

Interview with Sergei Kaduk, DCM Director, Sberbank CIB

О ВЫЗОВАХ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВАХ РЫНКА СЕКЬЮРИТИЗАЦИИ В РОССИИ. Анита Артур ([email protected]), Руководитель конференции России & СНГ С5 Communications беседует с DCM Директором Сбербанк CIB Сергеем Кадуком.   – Сергей, Вы давно работаете на рынке секьюритизации в России, вам удалось провести много удачных сделок. Как Вы оцениваете текущее состояние рынка, его перспективы на 2015 год? Сергей…

Risk Management Russia – Industry News

Russian Consumers’ Credit Health Stable After Two-Year Decline, According to FICO and NBKI Data, Posted on PR News MOSCOW, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — FICO (NYSE: FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, and the National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI),Russia’s leading credit bureau, today announced that Russian borrowers’ credit repayment delinquencies remained stable from October 2013 to January 2014. This was the…

Financial Services – Weekly Industry News

Russian, Italian state funds agree investment deal-official, Posted on Reuters Nov 25 (Reuters) – Russia’s state-backed private equity investment fund and Italy’s strategic state investment fund have agreed an investment deal of up to 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion), a senior Italian official said on Monday. [Read More…]   B2B: Transfer Pricing — First Practical…

Financial Services – Weekly Industry News

Russian, Italian state funds agree investment deal, By Giselda Vagnoni and Stephen Jewkes, writing by Catherine Hornby; editing by Ralph Boulton,  Posted on Reuters Reuters) – Russia’s state-backed private equity investment fund and Italy’s strategic state investment fund have agreed a deal to invest up to 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in companies and projects in the two countries, officials said…

Financial Services – Weekly Industry News

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of DFC Global Corp. – DLLR, Posted on Digital Journal NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of DFC Global Corp. (“DFC Global” or the “Company”)(NASDAQ: DLLR).  Such investors are advised to contact Lesley…

Financial Services – Weekly Industry News

New Regulations in UK Will Hurt Debt Collection Success, FICO Survey Finds, Posted on insideARM.com  New regulations being considered by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will drive up collection costs and hurt collection rates. That’s an early finding from a new study being released next month by FICO (NYSE:FICO), a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, and Market…

Certainty and predictability in cross-border proceedings

Expert Article by Selinda A. Melnik The markets long have recognized as essential to financial transactions certainty and predictability in the application of insolvency laws. Such assurance is particularly important for transactions involving multiple nations with dissimilar domestic laws. In the face of increasingly global financial transactions, frameworks designed to better ensure certainty have been…