What you should be paying attention to in 2021:
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What you should be paying attention to in 2021:
For ease of reading, we divide predictions between highly [..]
€6,500 billion. It is the amount of assets managed by sometimes secretive investment funds in Luxembourg, the [..]
With the SEC whistleblower program setting new records in 2020 and with a renewed focus on whistleblowers as a [..]
This week, the World Economic Forum kicked off its annual summit with the theme of "A Crucial Year to Rebuild [..]
Firm Recognized for Its Revolutionary Cloud-Based Data Intelligence Platform and Customizable Entity Risk [..]
The co-authored report titled “Governance Risk for Banks: Drawing on Experience and External Expertise to [..]
COVID-19’s rise has created significant shocks to the global financial and economic landscape. On April 9, [..]
This week, the outgoing U.S. administration has continued its “aggressive use of sanctions” with a flurry of [..]
This week, as the Afghan peace deal went into effect, which includes the potential removal of economic [..]
It is that time of the year when Transparency International puts out its latest country ratings around the [..]
This week, as the United States’ Senate held the confirmation hearings on presidential nominations, Janet [..]
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Sigma asked executives at asset management firms and large financial institutions how they make investment [..]
We are excited to announce a number of new features that are purpose built for the modern investigator as we [..]
This week, media reports alleged that both the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI were investigating Danske [..]
The traditional approach to client reviews for KYC and AML purposes has been to invest in teams of people who [..]
This week, global firms find themselves in the crosshairs of increasing geopolitical tensions between the [..]
The leak and subsequent investigation of the FinCEN Files hit the financial services industry hard this past [..]
As the Biden administration prioritizes the recently enacted Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (2020 AMLA), the [..]
Sigma Ratings is thrilled to have been named the Best Data Analysis Tool at the 6th Annual Benzinga Global [..]
With the release of the FinCEN Files, what was a common denominator related to an international money [..]
Over the last 8 months, the pandemic has brought significant uncertainty in global markets and in short and [..]
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Among the startling findings in the FinCEN files were details on the time it took financial institutions to [..]
This week, the WSJ reported that trade sanctions were placed on dozens of Chinese firms in the last week. [..]
This week, the Council of the European Union published its latest EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for [..]
This week, the United States agreed to remove Sudan from its terror blacklist on the condition that the [..]
This week, reports emerged that JPMorgan, in an internal memo, stated they’re investigating their own employees [..]
Sigma Ratings has reviewed the history of anti-money laundering legislation in the United States and [..]
This week, the share price of Wirecard fell more than 60%, less than 2 years after its debut on the prestigious [..]
Last week, the Basel Institute on Governance released its 2020 edition of the Basel AML Index. And what a [..]
This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that many companies are experiencing “new risks or that existing [..]
This week, Greece’s anti-corruption prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki, confirmed to the OCCRP that her home was [..]
Last week, the International Journal of Finance and Economics published a study that appears to indicate that [..]
As the Internet has come to play an increasingly central role in people’s lives across the globe, the [..]
In the wake of the FinCEN Files , lawmakers and regulators around the world have reacted to the unprecedented [..]
Early in the pandemic, the FT, in response to the UK regulator sanctioning a digital KYC process, highlighted [..]
This week, the United States, in coordination with Panama, announced the formation of a new task force that [..]
Last week, we reported on the newly released 2020 Basel AML Index and the importance of a more dynamic [..]
Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) is an incredibly powerful tool for both the public and private sectors alike. [..]
Last week, following weeks of investigative reporting, The Washington Post compiled their various [..]
Former Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Head of Enhanced Due Diligence [..]
Alexa Altos operates a web design firm in California, has a number of [..]
For years shell companies have been at the heart of both legitimate business activity and money laundering [..]
Mapping financial networks to the edge of the world.
According to KPMG, 1 in 3 business leaders don’t trust the information they use to make decisions. How can you [..]
Last week the Wall Street Journal highlighted a new, burgeoning money laundering [..]
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Many of you were so kind as to fill out our poll on risk in the Middle East . As you’ll see below, perception [..]
Not to be outdone by Goldman Sachs’ AI-generated World Cup predictions (spoiler alert: Goldman Sachs predicts [..]
In 2014 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) set up a standardized way to label and find the legal identity of [..]
During recent travel in the Middle East, we met with senior executives at leading banks, exchange houses and [..]
Sigma Ratings Inc. announces its first-ever Sigma Rating [..]
More than $22 trillion assets are now invested according to ESG [..]
Transparency Does Not Need to Be Hard
“To achieve an equitable, inclusive, and more prosperous future for [..]
In a few weeks, it will be the year of the pig, but I’m not so sure that its going to be that generous. Much [..]
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