SURPRISE SURPRISE, the financial system provides the first alleged crime in outer space. Captain kirk, “eat your heart out”!!! Some background There are five national or international space agencies involved in the ISS – from the US, Canada, Japan, Russia and several European countries – and a legal framework sets out that national law applies […]

On 15 June 2017, the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) published an updated version (dated May 2017) of its financial crime compliance principles for securities custody and settlement. The principles, which were first published in August 2015, are addressed to custodians and their institutional account holders (which are defined as the regulated financial institutions that […]

THE International Securities Services Association [ISSA] has released the document Financial Crime Compliance Principles for Securities Custody and Settlement «Background & Overview» which complements the Financial Crime Compliance Principles Background & Overview» http://bit.ly/1G1NWGI ISSA Financial Crime Compliance Principles for Securities Custody and Settlement = http://bit.ly/1Mm6WfA

On 4 September 2015, the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) published a document containing financial crime compliance principles for securities custody and settlement (dated 27 August 2015). http://www.issanet.org/pdf/2015_08_27_ISSA_Financial_Crime_Compliance_Principles_final.pdf The principles aim to provide practical guidance to global custodians, sub-custodians, fund distributors, trustees/depositary banks, brokers, prime brokers and central securities depositories (CSDs) that intermediate cross-border securities […]