On 20 March 2025, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) launched a new alerts portal to help combat retail investment fraud. The new portal is called I-SCAN. The alerts and warnings included on the portal are provided by IOSCO members on a voluntary basis. The contents of the alerts and warnings
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New Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast: Failure to prevent fraud in the UK – considerations for US firms
In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Kevin Harnisch, Mark Highman, Katie Stephen and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf discuss the failure to prevent fraud offence under the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which comes into force on 1 September 2025, and how it might impact US firms.
Listen to the podcast here.…
New Navigating Communications podcast – Promotional messages on social media platforms
In our latest podcast, our global Financial Services team discusses promotional messages on social media platforms, covering recent regulatory and enforcement developments in the UK, US and Dubai, as well as practical steps that global firms can be taking now in this area to manage their risk.
Listen to the episode here.
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New Navigating Communications podcast – Part 1: Off-channel messaging
In our latest podcast, our global Financial Services team covers recent regulatory and enforcement developments in the UK, US, Australia and Dubai in relation to off-channel messaging, as well as practical steps that global firms can be taking now in this area to manage their risk.
Listen to the episode here.
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DOJ pits whistleblowers versus companies in a race to report criminal misconduct
On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) officially rolled out its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. The program is focused on financially incentivizing whistleblowers to report allegations of corporate crime.
Read our alert here.
Investigations Podcast Series – Episode 1: Early Stages of an Investigation
In the first episode of the Global Investigations Podcast Series, Andrew Reeves (Partner, Investigations, Enforcement and Compliance team, London) is joined by Ruth Cowley (Head of Disputes and Investigations, London), Keith Rosen (Head of Risk Advisory, US) and Sharon Oded (Head of Investigations, Amsterdam) to discuss the early stages of an investigation; best practice in…
Dealing with whistleblowing investigations in light of increased media and regulatory scrutiny
Introduction
Whistleblowing is on the rise – both within organisations and to authorities. An increase in whistleblowing is positive: it shows employees feel able to speak up, allows issues to be escalated, investigated and where necessary remediated. However, the increase in whistleblowing also presents challenges for companies to ensure that they are dealing effectively and…
Upcoming webinar: ESG webinar part 3: Greenwashing in focus: Navigating the rise of enforcement
On Wednesday 12 June 2024, as part of our global ESG webinar series, please join us for the third instalment of this webinar series, as we expand on the greenwashing discussion held in the first webinar.
This webinar will feature a discussion from our NRF financial services enforcement team to provide a perspective on greenwashing…
New FinTech Pulse podcast: US federal regulators’ regulatory enforcement activity against crypto exchanges
In a special edition of our FinTech Pulse podcast series, US partners Stephen Aschettino, Andrew Lom and Kevin Harnisch discuss the recent uptick in regulatory enforcement activity from federal regulators against crypto exchanges, with the SEC issuing a Wells Notice to Coinbase and suing Beaxy, and the CFTC suing Binance and seeking permanent injunctions to…
DAO token holder personal liability continues to take center stage for the CFTC
A seemingly straightforward enforcement action by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has attracted the attention of US regulators, large digital asset industry players and the crypto industry in general for its potential wide-reaching implications for DAO governance.
The CFTC pushed back on various amicus briefs filed by top industry participants in the digital asset…