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📅 It’s been another busy year for Team #aosphere with a diary full of events. Here’s to doing it all over again in 2025!🎉

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We’ve seen a variety of SD related developments in APAC over the past year. Enjoy this summary by country: https://lnkd.in/dJs4YWed #ShareholdingDisclosure #Australia #Japan #SouthKorea #Taiwan

You’re invited! Join shareholding disclosure experts, Fiona O'Shea and C. Wallace DeWitt for our first webinar of 2025. They’ll discuss the requirements for making your first 13f-2 filing and give an update on other US regulatory developments. Topics will include: 1. The latest status of the pending court challenge of 13f-2 and the share-lending rule in the 5th Circuit 2. How to deal with reporting of shorts of foreign securities 3. Impacts of the recent SEC shareholder rule changes, both long and short 4. Regulatory landscape changes under the Trump administration Register today to reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/d-BA3e8h #ShareholdingDisclosure #13f2 #USShortSelling

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 under MiCA ESMA has released its final policy documents on MiCA, covering crucial topics such as Market abuse, 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, Suitability, Transfer services, Qualification of crypto-assets, and Maintenance of systems and security access protocols. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Regarding reverse solicitation, ESMA's guidelines emphasize that the exemption should be narrowly interpreted and viewed as an exception rather than a way to bypass MiCA requirements. It applies only when the client exclusively initiates the service. ESMA has provided examples in an annex to illustrate what constitutes solicitation of EU clients, including scenarios where a third-country firm utilizes region- or country-specific SEO, geo-targeting strategies in digital ads targeting EU or specific Member States' potential clients, having a website in an official EU language uncommon in international finance, sponsoring EU-centric sporting events, or redirecting EU potential clients through links in educational material. For more details, you can access the full policy documents on ESMA's website: https://lnkd.in/epuKs8rc

🤯 Are you keeping on top of the pace of crypto regulatory change? It's been frenetic as we approach year end! See below for just a few of the things we have been tracking at aosphere over the last week or so 👇 📢 ADGM: introduction of the new regulatory framework for issuance of fiat-referenced tokens and a consultation on virtual asset regulation more generally 📆 EU: the regulators have been in full swing as MiCA deadlines approach, including publishing a list of grandfathering periods, communications on the interplay between MiCA and PSD2 and guidelines on the classification of crypto-assets under MiCA ✏️ Lithuania, Malta and the Netherlands: individual EU member states have also been preparing for MiCA with these jurisdictions publishing updated info on CASP authorisation processes 🏝️ Cayman Islands & Bermuda: new VASP application forms published in Cayman and guidance on stablecoins issued by the Bermuda regulator 🪙 Hong Kong SAR: regulation of activities involving specified stablecoin activities bill gazetted 🔀 Australia: consultation on digital asset guidance & info sheet 225, as well as further consultations on AML requirements and the travel rule 🔮 What's next? We're not expecting a slow down anytime soon. Will we see EU guidance on reverse solicitation and financial instruments by year end? #crypto #cryptoassetregulation #MiCA #aosphere

📣 The IOSCO’s recent “finfluencers” report highlights the increasing global regulatory attention on these social media personalities. Cross-border distribution expert, Serena McMullen, has been monitoring regulator reactions: https://lnkd.in/dwHAXAuA #CrossBorderDistribution #MarketingRestrictions #Finfluencers

🔔 Lots happening in the world of sensitive industries and FDI. Here’s a snapshot 👇 Already subscribe to Rulefinder Shareholding Disclosure? Head over to our alerts for more info! #ShareholdingDisclosure #SensitiveIndustries #FDI

✈ Our #aosphereTeamonTour will be rounding off the year in London at the Crypto and Digital Assets Regulation & Compliance event. Please stop by and say hi to Penny Blair, Jenny Ljunghammar and Sophie Hughes who would love to discuss how Rulefinder Crypto Assets can help you by tracking regulatory developments across key global markets 🌍.   👉 Have you booked your tickets yet? Get a 30% discount code: https://bit.ly/4eL6JrL   #CryptoAssets24

🎁Last time you got a round-up of the Americas, this time we summarise regulatory developments in the Middle East and Asia we've been keeping our subscribers updated on. Just a smidgen of what we cover 😎   #CrossBorderDistribution #MarketingRestrictions #Compliance