Regulators around the world have effected or will be effecting regulatory changes to ensure that the global financial system and markets are efficient and transparent. As markets have expanded cross-border, so has multinational regulatory cooperation. Now more than ever, financial markets participants need to grasp regulatory developments and related enforcement and litigation events in their countries and throughout the world.

Dentons, with its deep bench strength across the globe, offers a cross-border perspective on the latest financial markets regulatory and enforcement developments. Our partners from global market centres in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States will share in interactive presentations their expert perspectives and updates (with a focus on implications for Asian businesses) on the latest and most important regional and cross-border financial markets regulatory developments, regulator priorities and key cases and topics. Also, the new frontiers of cannabis and cryptocurrency will be discussed, and how regulation may affect them.

Topics that will be covered by our subject matter experts in their introductory remarks will include:

• Australia: The Royal Commission Final Report – Implementation and Implications; Key enforcement or litigation cases; 2019-2020 AUS Regulator Priorities (with a focus on implications on Asian banks and businesses)
  
  
• Canada: Financial markets impact of (1) Open Banking and release of the proposed Digital Charter; and (2) the emerging Canadian cannabis industry
  
  
• China: 2019 amendments to Securities Law; Securities joint ventures; Foreign involvement in China futures and securities exchanges; China’s energy derivative index contract – a year later; CSRC/BaFin Agreement; Auditor and other key enforcement or disputes matters; 2019-2020 China Regulator Priorities
  
  
• European Union: MIFID II and Basel III introduction in the EU; the EU Securitisation Regulation and Benchmarks Reform; BaFin Memorandum of Understanding with UK regulators re: Brexit; Key enforcement or litigation cases; 2019-2020 EU Regulator Priorities (with a focus on implications on Asian banks and businesses); class action legislation
  
  
• Hong Kong: Enforcement actions on IPO sponsor failures and backdoor listings; Update on Disciplinary Fining Guidelines; Financial market developments in the Greater Bay Area
  
  
• Singapore: MAS Enforcement Report; Technology Risk Management – recent cyber breaches and enforcement actions by PDPC; AML/CFT controls in Financial Institutions – recent regulatory actions relating to AML/CFT; Corporate Governance – Guidelines on Individual Accountability and Conduct
  
  
• United Kingdom: BREXIT – Implementation and Implications; Individual accountability under the Senior Managers Regime; Regulatory enforcement against UK subsidiaries of global groups; 2019-2020 UK Regulator Priorities (with a focus on implications on Asian banks and businesses)
  
  
• United States: U.S. Regulatory Enforcement Priorities (with a focus on implications on Asian banks and businesses); Global HFT issues; U.S. swap market update; Trends in U.S. securities class actions, shareholder derivatives and cyber security cases; Government “backdoor” access to corporate encrypted data

In the next segment of the event, our partners will exchange their thoughts on a myriad of global issues, including anti-money laundering, digital banking, cryptocurrency and cyber-security in an interactive panel discussion focusing on the future of the digital environment.