Risk and compliance practitioners support the Singaporean conduct regulator’s plans to bring in a light-touch, principles-based framework for management accountability, despite tougher laws being introduced elsewhere across the region. A…
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Are You Prepared to Take Full Advantage of the EVFTA?
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam offers businesses in Asia a significant competitive advantage – but only if they can reap its full benefits. The European…
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Statutory Financial Reporting in Shared Services: Best Practices from Capgemini to Centralise, Standardise and Automate the Process
“In today’s world, zero non-compliance is the norm,” warns Vishal Parekh, Regional Head, South Asia and South-East Asia at Thomson Reuters. “No one wants to be in that bucket of…
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Singapore regulator to hold senior managers in FIs to account for compliance failures
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued new guidance to ensure senior managers in financial institutions take responsibility for deterring employee misconduct The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently issued…
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Determining beneficial ownership and closing the gaps in sanctions lists
In our age of globalized trade, products can touch more than 100 people, businesses, or organizations as they move along the supply chain before reaching the consumer. According to Vans,…
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How to Reap the Full Benefits of Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (CPTPP)
FTA software can help businesses take full advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, saving millions of dollars in tariffs. It has been little over 18 months since…
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Combatting the Pandemic Bit by Byte
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of finance departments. Make sure that your tax department doesn’t lag behind. Who is driving the digital transformation of your enterprise? In 2019,…
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“Remarkable Adaptability” – How the World has Adjusted to Working from Home
“Working from home full-time is an entirely different experience, particularly working from home for an extended period of time, which can be fairly stressful,” said Kevin Luo, Assistant General Counsel; GM, Asia-Pacific R&D Group Legal at Microsoft.
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Global Supply Chain Trends: From Robotics to Artificial Intelligence
“It’s a very dynamic world that we live in and is constantly changing. We’ve got to keep our supply chains safe, secure and resilient,” said Clay Perry, President at 143 Advisory Services LLC.
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FinCEN leaks expose personal risk of AML/CTF compliance enforcement
An unprecedented leak of thousands of files from the U.S. government’s most confidential financial intelligence database has shone a spotlight on the world’s $2 trillion-a-year dirty money habit.
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