Popular, Corporate Governance, Financial Services Industry

The rise of private credit platforms in the Middle East: Structuring scalable lending through Cayman Island SPCs

Walkers on 8/15/2025

Private credit is no longer a niche asset class in the Middle East. Amid bank retrenchment, regulatory shifts and increasing institutional appetite for non-correlated yield, private credit has moved to the mainstream. As...more

Daily Compliance News: May 9, 2025, The Bring Out Your Dead Pardon Edition

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 5/9/2025

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the...more

Doing business in the Cayman Islands guide (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen on 5/1/2025

The Cayman Islands is a common law jurisdiction, which is based on the English model. It comprises statute law and binding case precedents. English and British Commonwealth case authorities are generally persuasive, but not...more

Daily Compliance News: April 29, 2025, The GenZ/RTO Edition

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 4/29/2025

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the...more

Canadian Government Financing for Large Enterprises Impacted by US Tariffs and Canadian Countermeasures

Bennett Jones LLP on 4/28/2025

Canada Development Investment Corp. (CDEV) has announced the launch of the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL) facility, a new government-backed loan facility to support large Canadian enterprises affected by actual and...more

March 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 4/15/2025

Australian Update - Resistance to Australian Securities Exchange Corporate Governance Council’s Diversity Reforms Signals Decline in Environment, Social and Governance Commitment - The recent decision by the Australian...more

South & Southeast Asia M&A Report

Conyers on 4/14/2025

We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more

Why Traditional Banks Keep Failing At Fintech

K2 Integrity on 3/13/2025

Yet another bank-led fintech venture has shut down within a year of its launch. HSBC’s Zing, a payments app, failed to gain traction beyond its initial market and was discontinued. Despite ambitious plans to expand across two...more

Multisig Purpose Trusts

Walkers on 2/25/2025

In a remarkable evolution from its origins as a mere memecoin, Shiba Inu - now the 18th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, valued at an impressive US $8.8 billion - is on the cusp of a bold new chapter: the...more

The Trend to Integrate Legal, Tax, Accounting, Business and Financial Advisory Services: the KPMG Arizona Gambit

Allen Barron, Inc. on 2/20/2025

It has always been prudent to search for firms who can integrate legal, tax, accounting and business advisory services. While there are few such genuine providers across the United States they do exist, and the KPMG Arizona...more

Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook 2025: Cayman Islands

Conyers on 1/22/2025

2024 was once again an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. In this edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook, our team has summarised the key changes and news during 2024 and taken a look at the...more

Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - December 2024

DLA Piper on 12/18/2024

Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

November 2024 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 12/16/2024

Australian Update - Appointment of the Inaugural Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner - On 11 November 2023, the Attorney-General announced the appointment of Chris Evans as the inaugural Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner...more

UK guidance on acquisitions and increases in control in PRA and FCA authorised firms

A&O Shearman on 11/12/2024

The UK financial services regulators, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have recently set out their final policy on the assessment of acquisitions and increases in control of PRA...more

The Importance of Sound Corporate Governance for Virtual Asset Service Providers: Lessons from Past Failures

Conyers on 10/3/2024

In recent years, the virtual asset industry has experienced exponential growth, bringing about innovations in digital payments, tokenisation and decentralised finance (Defi). While highly innovative, the volatile nature of...more

Cadwalader Climate - September 2024 #4

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 9/25/2024

In this week’s edition, we discuss the investor expectations set out by the Finance Sector Deforestation Action for banks to address the financial risks of deforestation; the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative’s...more

Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

DLA Piper on 8/30/2024

Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands - April to June 2024

Conyers on 7/23/2024

Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more

Global ESG Insights - May 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/5/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more

Key Insights from Cayman Islands Seminar on CIMA Onsite Inspections

Conyers on 5/24/2024

The Financial Services Institute in collaboration with Conyers, Grant Thornton and Cayman Finance hosted its fourth comprehensive training seminar on “Preparing for an Onsite Inspection from the Cayman Islands Monetary...more

Chief Information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for PE firms

A&O Shearman on 4/3/2024

Managing these risks at a single company should be straightforward. Executives and CISOs may be personally held accountable for cyber failings, negligence, breaches, and inadequate disclosure around cyber vulnerabilities and...more

Regulators and reforms: how Australia tackled white collar crime in 2023 and what to expect in 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/10/2024

Regulators and enforcement authorities in Australia intensified their efforts to curb white-collar crime in 2023. They targeted fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, cybercrime, and corruption across multiple industries,...more

Cybersecurity Enforcement Update: NYDFS Adopts Final Amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulations and SEC Sues SolarWinds Executive

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/17/2023

Recent activity by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlight the continued focus by government regulators on cybersecurity. As these and other regulators...more

New York’s Department of Financial Services Amplifies its Cybersecurity Regulations

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/14/2023

On November 1, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) amended its cybersecurity regulations to institute additional standards and controls aimed at securing sensitive data among the financial...more

NYDFS Proposes Updated Guidance on Crypto Listing

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/6/2023

The Proposed Guidance would require enhanced criteria for coin-listing and delisting procedures for New York-licensed virtual currency entities. On September 18, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS)...more

Today's Popular Updates › Corporate Governance › Financial Services Industry

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"