U.S. regulators have fined Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division $280,000 over failures in its know your customer (KYC) processes that led to a fictitious hedge fund – in reality the front for a U.K.-based Ponzi scheme – being able to open accounts despite numerous red flags, officials say. The CFTC fined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney… Read More >>
Q&A: DTCC Enters the KYC Services Race
The DTCC and six major banks are throwing their hats into the race for know your customer (KYC) utility services as they ready the launch of a “centralized client reference data and documentation services utility,” Clarient Global, that will own and operate the Clarient Entity Hub. The KYC services field is filling up with Markit… Read More >>
