Africa

Competition Amendment Bill 2018 aims to protect market participation of non-dominant firms
SA poised to follow suit in utilisation of non-competition merger control to protect State security in foreign mergers
New comparative guide on state of bank recovery and resolution laws in Africa
Asset management in South Africa – Ten things to know

Asia

India amends anti-corruption law
Amendments to Malaysian anti-corruption law
Deferred Prosecution Agreements in Singapore – five things you should know
Hong Kong: HKMA publishes Open API Framework

Australia

Consumer Data Right and Open Banking: Government moves forward on legislation
New AUSTRAC Compliance Report format for 2018
APRA’s review of the superannuation prudential framework
Australian financial services and sanctions law

Canada

Lloyd’s of London announces that it does not consider insuring Canadian cannabis risks a breach of UK money laundering legislation
OSFI issues final guideline on asset securitization
OSFI issues final versions of the capital adequacy requirements and the leverage requirements guidelines
The USMCA – Impact on the financial services sector

Italy

IOSCO report on good practices in supporting audit quality
Basel Committee update on principles for sound liquidity risk management and supervision
EBA final guidelines on high risk exposures under CRR
SRB publishes second part of 2018 MREL policy

Germany

IOSCO report on good practices in supporting audit quality
Basel Committee update on principles for sound liquidity risk management and supervision
EBA final guidelines on high risk exposures under CRR
SRB publishes second part of 2018 MREL policy

The Netherlands

IOSCO report on good practices in supporting audit quality
Basel Committee update on principles for sound liquidity risk management and supervision
EBA final guidelines on high risk exposures under CRR
ECJ considers meaning of payment services linked to issuing e-money under EMD II

United Kingdom

PRA Policy Statement on changes to notification and application forms
IOSCO report on good practices in supporting audit quality
Basel Committee update on principles for sound liquidity risk management and supervision
Draft Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

United States

US Federal and State legislators propose exempting certain digital tokens from securities laws
Personal jurisdiction in the age of blockchain
Transition period under New York cybersecurity regulation ends March 1, 2019
Impact of partial US government shutdown on federal financial regulatory agencies
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