15 Jul, 2024 Intensifying Measures Against Russia: A Closer Look at the Latest U.S. Sanctions and Export Controls and the Risks for Financial Institutions By Lee Hale To counter Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine, on 12 June 2024, the U.S. announced additional sanctions and export controls intended...
11 Jul, 2024 Russian Sanctions Circumvention: Are You Asleep At The Wheel? By Lee Hale Introduction In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a broad and unprecedented range of sanctions were imposed on...
11 Jan, 2024 DOD Issues Memo on FedRAMP Requirements for Defense Contractors By Ankura Consulting On December 21, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a memorandum (Memo) providing guidance and clarification on the security and...
04 Oct, 2022 Companies and Investors Need to Prepare for a Potential Conflict Over Taiwan By Ankura Consulting From governments to companies, the world is increasingly concerned about Cross-Strait relations between China and Taiwan. Since the...
29 Sep, 2022 Cost of Living Crisis: The Implications for Financial Crime By Lee Hale Andrew Pimlott Rick Somerset-Williams THE CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT In today’s global, technology-driven economy, financial crime risk takes many forms. Those responsible...
21 Sep, 2022 DAG Monaco Defines DOJ Guidance for Corporate Criminal Enforcement By Ankura Consulting New Requirements Place Onus on Corporations to Demonstrate more Compliance Capabilities to Receive Consideration from Prosecutors On...
20 Sep, 2022 Eight Key Risks Companies Should Consider Amidst Indo-Pacific Tensions By Ankura Consulting The steady decoupling of the world’s two biggest economies has turned up the heat in the Indo-Pacific, and as great power competition...
30 Aug, 2022 A Revived Nuclear Deal with Iran will Change the Sanctions Landscape By Andrew Pimlott As of August 29, there is renewed optimism that the EU, the US, and Iran are on the verge of reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of...
01 Jun, 2022 Responding to the Increased Global Risk of Financial Crimes By Mark McGrath Elif Cinar Ankura's Nova O sits down with Mark McGrath, Ayana Murphy, and Elif Cinar to discuss the current anti-money laundering (AML) landscape in...
12 May, 2022 How would a revived US-Iran nuclear deal change the sanctions landscape? By Andrew Pimlott Talks between the U.S. and Iran to revitalize the nuclear deal may have stalled but they are far from dead. There is still optimism that...
28 Apr, 2022 Latest OFAC Settlement Shows Need for Integrated Compliance Program By Ankura Consulting On April 25, 2022 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement with Toll...
23 Mar, 2022 The First Secure Software Development Framework from the Federal Government By Ankura Consulting In May 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14028 “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity”. This order provided key strategic...