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The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical tensions and enforcement activity continue to increase. The regulator said firms must ensure they have effective systems and controls in...
#compliance#FCA#risk management
Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…
#compliance#exporters#sanctions
Fresh US military strikes near the Strait of Hormuz have added a new layer of uncertainty for commodity finance markets…
#commodity finance#sanctions#shipping risk
Commodity traders are facing growing legal and financing risk as the Middle East conflict tests force majeure clauses and performance…
#commodity finance#force majeure#Middle East
International banks are seeing renewed demand for letters of credit as companies seek stronger payment protection during a period of…
#banks#Letters of Credit#payment risk
The US has granted a 30-day extension allowing countries to import Russian oil already in transit at sea, highlighting how…
#commodity finance#energy security#oil trade
Commodity finance markets are facing mounting pressure as disruption linked to the Gulf crisis moves from short-term volatility into a…
#commodity finance#Gulf crisis#LNG
Canada is consulting on expanded export controls covering advanced semiconductors and manufacturing technologies, adding fresh compliance pressure for exporters and…
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Several Chinese independent refiners are reducing processing activity as sanctions pressure, freight disruption and rising crude costs squeeze margins across…
#China#commodity finance#oil trade
US authorities have added a fresh group of Iran-linked shipping companies and tankers to the sanctions list, increasing compliance pressure…
#commodity finance#compliance#Iran
US authorities are tightening scrutiny on oil trade flows as concerns grow over sanctions exposure linked to complex global supply…
#commodity finance#compliance#oil trade
Allegations that up to $300m in trade finance loans were used to support military operations in Libya are raising serious…
#compliance#financial crime#Libya
Global trade flows are continuing to adapt as sanctions reshape commodity financing routes, with traders and financiers adjusting structures to…
#commodity finance#oil trade#sanctions