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Creative Methods For Tracing Assets: A Global Perspective
Asset tracing has evolved into a highly specialized, global discipline that blends investigative rigor, legal strategy, financial analysis, and creative problem-solving. Today’s complex financial landscape, characterized by offshore structures, digital infrastructure, cross-border holdings, and increasingly sophisticated concealment techniques, requires an approach that is both methodical and adaptable....By: K2 Integrity
[Video] Daily Compliance News: February 25, 2026, The Reframing Business Risk Edition
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: • How the TI-CPI is reframing a business risk...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
SEC Approves Amendments to FINRA’s Gifts Rule
On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.’s (“FINRA”) amendments to FINRA Rule 3220 (Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others) (the “Amendments”), which is designed to avoid improprieties, such as conflicts of interest, that may arise when a member or associated person makes a gift to an employee of another person, such as an institutional customer, vendor or counterparty with the hope of strengthening...By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
ESMA Statement on Implementing Certain Changes to the Prospectus Regulation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a statement providing practical guidance to national competent authorities (NCAs), issuers and their advisers on the application of the revised Prospectus Regulation (PR) introduced by the EU Listing Act. ESMA clarifies that under the transitional regime in Article 48a of the PR, registration documents and universal registration documents approved or filed up to 4 June fall within scope of the regime and may continue to be used...By: A&O Shearman
UK PRA Updates Branch Return Form and Guidance
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published an updated webpage for banks, building societies and investment firms, notifying it has published an updated Branch Return Excel form and schema to align with changes introduced in PS6/25. This policy statement introduced updates to Supervisory Statement 5/21 (SS5/21) and branch reporting requirements for international firms operating in the UK....By: A&O Shearman
ECB and ONCE Foundation Launch Collaboration to Ensure Digital Euro is Accessible for Everyone
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a collaboration with the ONCE Foundation for Cooperation and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities to ensure that the proposed digital euro is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities, older adults and those with limited digital skills. Under the agreement, the ECB will benefit from the foundation's expertise in providing technical advice on accessibility requirements and features for the digital euro application,...By: A&O Shearman
MAS and SGX RegCo Consult on a New Global Listing Board - A Harmonized Pathway for Dual Listings on Nasdaq and SGX
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) each issued on a consultation paper on January 9, 2026, on the proposed regulatory framework for a new Global Listing Board to be established on the SGX....By: A&O Shearman
Buy Now, Pay Later: Impact of the New EU Consumer Credit Directive on Supplier Financing Models in Germany
The implementation of the new EU Consumer Credit Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/2225, CCD 2) significantly expands the scope of consumer credit regulation. The German government’s draft bill (Regierungsentwurf) implementing the Directive in Germany accordingly provides for extensive amendments to the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB), to the Introductory Act to the German Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum BGB, EGBGB) as well as changes to the German Trade Regulation Act...By: A&O Shearman
Investing in Sports: What Financing Options Are Available to Private Capital?
With private capital providers now viewing sport as a distinct asset class, we explore the range of financing options available to support investment in sports-related businesses (including acquisitions) and to fund operations once those investments have been made....By: A&O Shearman
OFAC Launches New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Portal
On February 6, 2026, the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a new voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) portal focused on providing a streamlined, secured method to submit VSDs of potential violations of OFAC sanctions....By: Torres Trade Law, PLLC
SEC Enforcement Trends for Private Funds: 2025–2026
The full report examines these developments in detail, including notable 2025 enforcement actions, evolving examination priorities, and practical enforcement predictions for 2026. It provides actionable insight for private fund advisers navigating heightened scrutiny around disclosures, conflicts, and fiduciary obligations—particularly as private markets become more accessible to retail investors....By: Morgan Lewis
[Audio] Empire State of Scrutiny: The New York FAIR Act and Auto Lending
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso are joined by New York-based colleagues Bill Foley and Joe DeFazio to unpack the newly enacted New York FAIR Act (Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act). They explain how the law fundamentally expands New York’s unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices regime — from “deceptive” to now “unfair” and “abusive” practices, broadens coverage to small...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
Vice Chair Bowman Elaborates on Supervisory Priorities and Examination Approach
In a recent speech, Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman reiterated the Federal Reserve’s supervisory operating principles and described how the Fed’s supervision should work in practice....By: Patomak Global Partners
SEC Enforcement Trends for Investment Advisers: 2025–2026
OVERVIEW AND KEY DEVELOPMENTS - In the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 and the first quarter of FY 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) saw key changes in leadership, a government shutdown, and a “back to basics” focus on traditional investor fraud. At the same time, the SEC pursued many enforcement actions against investment advisers, reflecting a specific focus on conduct that affects retail investors and market integrity. This report highlights key...By: Morgan Lewis
Private Funds Tax Developments: 2025 Review and 2026 Planning Considerations
2025 was characterized by significant new legislation impacting private funds that in many respects preserved the status quo of many core features relevant to private equity, ongoing judicial activity shaping enforcement and dispute resolution of tax matters implicating private funds, and an overarching sense that tax policy will continue to be a key variable in private fund structuring and returns well into the future. Particular highlights are summarized herein....By: Morgan Lewis
Prediction Markets at a Crossroads: The Continued Jurisdictional Battle Over Event Contracts
February 2026 has marked a pivotal stretch in the escalating legal battle over prediction markets in the U.S. In a flurry of legal and regulatory activity, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) publicly declared it would defend its "exclusive jurisdiction" over event contracts, even as state regulators in Nevada, Massachusetts and Tennessee pressed forward with enforcement actions against leading platform Kalshi – with divergent outcomes in federal and state courts....By: Holland & Knight LLP
Current Developments in SEC Enforcement for Public Companies: 2025–2026 - How leadership changes, enforcement priorities, and emerging risk areas are shaping SEC oversight in 2026.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s fiscal year 2025, which ended September 30, 2025, and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 were marked by key changes in leadership, the government shutdown, and a “back to basics” focus on traditional investor fraud. Despite a precipitous drop in enforcement activity involving public companies during this period (particularly post–January 21, 2025), we expect the SEC to continue dedicating resources to investigations and actions in the public company...By: Morgan Lewis
UK Pensions: What’s new this week? February 2026 # 4
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions....By: A&O Shearman
2025 M&A Annual Review
We are pleased to share our 2025 M&A Annual Review, which explores certain key trends we anticipate will influence the M&A market in 2026 and highlights select Morrison Foerster transactions from the past year. We value the trust our clients place in us and this review is only possible because of that trust. Our commitment remains firm: delivering the sophisticated, practical, and strategic legal counsel necessary to navigate a complex and ever-changing global landscape....By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
[Video] AI Today in 5: February 24, 2026, The AI in Pharma Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI. Top AI stories include: • AI-powered pharma compliance. (FastCompany):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
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