CFG Merchant Solutions’ Post

Highlights of CFIUS’s 2023 annual report include an increased focus on mitigation agreement enforcement, broadly steady blocking and investigation rates, and longer review timelines in some cases. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e2TKvtBe #CFIUS #FinancialInstitutions #MergersAndAcquisitions

The recent lawsuit brought by IIUSA has reignited debate over USCIS guidance on EB-5 sustainment periods. Our COO, Christine Chen participated in a JTC Group webinar last November with Jill Jones, Robert Divine, and Nima Korpivaara ‘What the USCIS Guidance Could Mean for Investors and Regional Centers’, which explored the issues at hand from multiple perspectives. You can watch the full webinar here: EB-5 Is Changing: What The New USCIS Guidance Could Mean For Investors And Regional Centers Webinar | JTC (jtcgroup.com)

✳️ #BlendedFinance is an absolute necessity to achieve the #SDGs—which is why it was called for in the #DPoA. 🇺🇳 As the only entity in the United Nations system with a unique investment mandate and a primary focus on the #LDCs, UNCDF is ready to play its proper role in realizing the DPoA.

Many thanks to NRP Maritime Asset Management AS and Nicolai Heidenreich and Wilhelm Magelssen for yesterday's seminar, "NRP Shipping Investor Day 2024", and opportunity to adress so many of our members and shipping investors on how to secure civilian shipping through war and crises. www.warrisk.no #maritimeindustry#shipping#finance#investors#warrisk#shippinginvestments

Tony had the pleasure of participating in the panel, "Beyond The Basics: Regulation and Operations in Australia and Offshore" at the Finance Magnates Pacific Summit (FMPS) in Sydney earlier this month. As a pre-eminent independent external auditor of global CFD's, we were delighted to sit alongside other industry experts, such as Paul Derham from Holley Nethercote and Eugenio Accongiagioco from APAC Management Consultancy Pte. Ltd. and to contribute to such an important conversation. You can watch the full panel discussion by clicking below. #FMPS #FMPS24 #FinanceEvent #ASIC #Regulation #Finance #APAC #FinancialServices

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its Annual Report for 2022-23, setting forth its achievements in delivering on its mandate and strategic priorities. Details of the FATF’s achievements is presented in areas including:  ➡️ Asset Recovery: The progress made to provide countries with a more robust toolkit to target and confiscate criminal assets, including by joining forces with INTERPOL in a strategic partnership through the FATF-INTERPOL Roundtable Engagement to focus on the strategic and operational changes necessary to take the profit out of crime; ➡️ Virtual Assets: The development of a roadmap to identify countries with materially important virtual asset activity to close the gaps in the global regulation of virtual assets; ➡️ Transparency and beneficial ownership: Updated guidance to help countries implement the recently revised requirements on beneficial ownership of legal persons and a strengthened FATF Standard on beneficial ownership of trusts and other legal arrangements; ➡️ Methods and Trends: The publication of reports on countering ransomware financing, ML/TF in the art and antiquities market, and the illicit proceeds generated from the fentanyl and related synthetic opioids supply chains; ➡️ Mutual Evaluations: The publication of the MERs of Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands and Qatar; ➡️ Application of Standards: Enhanced standards to prevent the application of disproportionate measures on non-profit organisations; and ➡️ Global Network: Enhanced partnerships with FATF regional partners, the FATF-Style Regional Bodies. Firms can review the FATF Annual Report to gain further insights into the work and objectives of the global body. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eiJfjt5x

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From Transaction To Transformation; The NDDC Way

New CFIUS rules proposed today will expand the Committee's investigatory and enforcement capabilities, as we continue to see CFIUS develop an assertive and forward-leaning regulatory posture. How will this impact the investment community? Here is our summary on the proposal.

Next up we have a NAIC address at PPIF! Carrie Mears, Chair, NAIC Valuation of Securities Task Force, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and Charles Therriault, Director, NAIC Securities Valuation Office, NAIC join us to give an overview of the latest regulatory updates from the NAIC and what it means for the private placements industry. #PPIF