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<title>Norton Rose Group regulatory roundup: May 12, 2008</title>
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<description>Today's roundup includes an FSA Final Notice.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Beijing set to tighten curbs on hot money funds speculating on yuan rise targeted</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104591</link>
<description>Beijing indicated it would strengthen its supervision and control of cross-border capital flows to ensure the stability of the financial system.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Australian Takeovers Panel well clear of constitutional cloud, says lawyer</title>
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<description>The Australian Takeovers Panel has moved from a position of extreme vulnerability to one of &#x22;business as usual&#x22; in the six months since the High Court reaffirmed its jurisdictional validity, according to a lawyer.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>'It will surprise people.' FSA gets to heart of HBOS share scandal</title>
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<description>Financial Services Authority chiefs are believed to have found the &#x22;smoking gun&#x22; in the recent share-shorting incident that caused the value of HBOS to slump by a fifth in one day.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The cost of regulation 'may hit &#xA3;50bn by 2010'</title>
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<description>The world's leading 100 financial institutions have seen the cost of complying with regulations soar by more than 30 per cent in the past three years to an estimated pounds 28 billion in 2007, according to a new report by business advisory firm Deloitte.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>US financial sector 'on verge of recovery', says de Blonay</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104588</link>
<description>INVESTORS in the financials sector, including battered shares in banks, may find solace in the latest predictions from a distinguished fund manager that the worst is now over.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>New tools to pinpoint risks and ensure compliance</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104443</link>
<description>It has been said that when America sneezes, other parts of the world soon start to catch a cold.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Jurisdiction update: New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=103152</link>
<description>This Complinet country profile looks at the laws and regulations that New Zealand employs to force financial services firms to report suspicious transactions; the dominion lags far behind most advanced nations in this field.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Kenyan AML bill reaches committee stage</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104555</link>
<description>Many Kenyan MPs have reacted critically to the introduction of a new money laundering bill, with some intending to maul it at the forthcoming committee stage.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Zambia's police arrest Jamaican businesswoman suspected of $7m laundry</title>
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<description>Zambia's authorities have arrested a Jamaican businesswoman on suspicion of laundering more than $7m.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Sheffield drug gang launderer sentenced to 15 years</title>
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<description>The launderer for a drug dealing gang headquartered in Sheffield has received a 15-and-a-half year jail term.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Tricom ace ready for whatever fate serves up</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104583</link>
<description>LANCE Rosenberg is feeling a little out of breath.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>History of the ASX</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104582</link>
<description>THERE wasn't always one big Australian Securities Exchange -- in fact, the ASX as you now know it hasn't actually been around for very long at all.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Banks beat the credit crunch, for now</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104581</link>
<description>AUSTRALIA'S major banks have proven resilient in the face of the global credit crunch, according to an industry survey.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NAB reveals cost of technology upgrade</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104580</link>
<description>NATIONAL Australia Bank will spend up to $1 billion overhauling its legacy banking systems, after spending the past 18 months detailing the project rollout.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Jurisdiction update: Panama</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=101485</link>
<description>In Panama there are 20 licensed insurance companies, of which six are branches that belong to foreign insurance companies.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FSA adds to salaries of compliance experts, says ECU compliance head</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104559</link>
<description>The Financial Services Authority has added to the salaries and promotion expectations of expert senior compliance officers in insurance and other financial services, according Cary Depel, director of compliance, legal and risk management at ECU Group.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 01:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>CML welcomes government support for borrowers in difficulty</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104563</link>
<description>The Council of Mortgage Lenders welcomed the government's announcement that it would support homeowners who faced mortgage difficulties with &#xA3;10m of funding for advice and legal support.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FSA outlines potential RDR impact on building society sales</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104558</link>
<description>Anyone who is hoping for &#x22;hard and fast&#x22; answers from the retail distribution review by October will be disappointed following the latest comments from Dan Waters, director at the Financial Services Authority.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Aseel Finance opens new Abu Dhabi branch</title>
<link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104579</link>
<description>Aseel Finance, one of the leading Islamic finance companies in the United Arab Emirates, has opened a new branch in Abu Dhabi, said Javed Afzal, head of retail business.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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