U.S. - Global - ASEAN

Treasury considering rule to address Anti-Money Laundering (AML) 'loopholes' in private investment in the U.S. "Money launderers may see some investment advisers as a low-risk way to enter the U.S. financial system because they can circumvent traditional AML/Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) compliance programs in place at banks and broker-dealers." 

Compliance Week: https://www.complianceweek.com/regulatory-policy/treasury-considering-rule-to-address-aml-loopholes-in-private-investment/31752.article 

 

ESG's Role in Anti-Bribery and Corruption: Burden or Benefit? "Although the debate is still ongoing over benchmarking, measuring and standardizing ESG as a whole, much progress has been made in 2022 and the tides appear to be shifting." 

KROLL: https://www.kroll.com/en/insights/publications/compliance-risk/anti-bribery-and-corruption-report/esg-role-anti-bribery-and-corruption 

 

[Publication] Strategic Programming for Anti-Corruption Agencies: Regional guidance note for ASEAN. "The objective of this Guidance Note is to provide guidance to address this core issue by proposing an approach in four basic steps to review and strengthen the strategy of ACAs in ASEAN to define and implement a data-based approach of evaluating their performance." 

UNDP: https://www1.undp.org/content/fairbiz/en/home/resources/strategic-programming-for-anti-corruption-agencies.html