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Luke Firmin

Luke Firmin 

Top challenges in complying with sanctions regulations

The sanctions environment has become a whole lot more challenging in recent months. It’s not just the war in Ukraine and the swingeing changes that have been made to sanctions regulations in light of the conflict. In the UK, the FCA has recently advertised its new reporting mechanism for sanctions breaches and deficiencies, as well as bolstering ...

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Luke Firmin

Luke Firmin 

Sanctions and how they affect firms – the current state of play

Sanctions are a massively complex area. But all too often, financial institutions think sanctions adherence is fairly straightforward – it’s just checking a list to ensure an individual or company doesn’t appear on it, right? Wrong. Sanctions are far more multi-dimensional and nuanced than that. The UK implements a range of sanctions regimes throug...

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