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Arab Economic Forum June 2014 Abdul Hafiz Mansour Secretary SIC.

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1 Arab Economic Forum June 2014 Abdul Hafiz Mansour Secretary SIC

2 A. Mansour Changing Regulatory Environment

3 A. Mansour Regulators Pushing harder Unprecedented Penalty levels Widening AML scope to include: – Financial Regulations – Corruption – Tax Evasion

4 Recent Enforcement Actions  Citi e $10Bn market manipulation  BNP e $5-10 Bn  Credit Suisse, $ 2.6 Bn - Tax evasion  JP Morgan, $ 2.05 Bn - AML  HSBC Holdings, $ 1.9 Bn - AML  UBS, $ 1.5 Bn – Libor manipulation  Standard Chartered, $667 Mn - AML  Barclays, $ 453 Mn - Libor  Citi e $10Bn market manipulation  BNP e $5-10 Bn  Credit Suisse, $ 2.6 Bn - Tax evasion  JP Morgan, $ 2.05 Bn - AML  HSBC Holdings, $ 1.9 Bn - AML  UBS, $ 1.5 Bn – Libor manipulation  Standard Chartered, $667 Mn - AML  Barclays, $ 453 Mn - Libor

5 A. Mansour Current Regulatory Enforcements  Predominantly Administrative & Civil, resulting in financial penalties against the Firms  Faster results, closing the cases through financial settlements:  Large Firms with large means to litigate  Successful Litigations after a long time weaken the impact of enforcment  Negative impact of successful Criminal proceedings on the firm and ultimately the system

6 A. Mansour New Regulatory Trends Regulators realized that Fining Firms has not resulted in the required change in practices Hold individuals accountable for Regulatory violations In the US a new bill in in the making In the UK, more advanced steps in recognizing “ Senior Persons Regime” i.e. the group of senior managers which need to be held to a higher standard of behavior FSB are working in the same direction to enhance corporate governance

7 A. Mansour Long Reach of the US law & Regulations

8 A. Mansour Speaker Contact information: Abdul Hafiz Mansour Special Investigation Commission Central Bank of Lebanon Masraf Loubnan Street, Beirut - Lebanon Email: secretary @sic.gov.lb www.sic.gov.lb


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