Tag: Panama Papers

June 04, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC reports 63 licensed companies have ties to Panama Papers

Following our earlier coverage that Cyprus financial regulator CySEC had instructed all regulated companies on the island to investigate any links to Mossack Fonseca, CySEC has now announced that following its review it believes that 63 regulated entities had and/or have a business relationship with Mossack Fonseca and/or with persons included in the Panama Papers. CySEC has collected data from…

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May 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC and Cyprus' MOKAS anti money laundering unit issue directives on Panama Papers

Further to our earlier report whereby CySEC ordered all regulated CIF firms to investigate any links to Mossack Fonseca, a Directive has been issued by Cyprus' anti money laundering unit MOKAS, clarifying Regulated Entities’ reporting obligations in relation to the publicly available list of persons which are included into the documents of Mossack Fonseca, referred to commonly as the…

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May 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC and Cyprus' MOKAS anti money laundering unit issue directives on Panama Papers

Further to our earlier report whereby CySEC ordered all regulated CIF firms to investigate any links to Mossack Fonseca, a Directive has been issued by Cyprus' anti money laundering unit MOKAS, clarifying Regulated Entities’ reporting obligations in relation to the publicly available list of persons which are included into the documents of Mossack Fonseca, referred to commonly as the…

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April 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC orders firms to investigate any links to Mossack Fonseca

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today issued a circular addressed at all regulated entities, including Cyprus investment firms (CIFs), in relation to the so-called “Panama Papers”. The securities regulator notes that after the leak of documents of Mossack Fonseca, a series of documents referred to as “Panama Papers” appeared online. These documents refer…

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