GARY INTERVIEWED special guest in the OF INTEREST PODCAST (AML-CFT law 10 year retrospective) Recently, top NZ financial journalist Gareth Vaughan approached me about doing a 10 year retrospective look back at evolution of our AML-CFT law. To which I
~ Competition law New Zealand market power update ~ For nearly a decade, provisions in the Commerce Act controlling abuse of market power (‘dominance’ to many people, although that test was amended years ago) have been stunted, if not
Unintended consequences? Public ownership register 'errs on side of transparency' - Minister (NZ Herald) Interview/article – published in the NZ Herald (largest circulation newspaper in New Zealand) by Matt Nippert senior journalist Print edition Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 Gary Hughes
NZ Herald publication OPINION - published in the NZ Herald, largest circulation newspaper in New Zealand 1st March 2022 By Gary Hughes Chair of the International Bar Association Anti-Money Laundering & Sanctions Experts committee See here for original article
Gary Hughes has been ranked as one of the best business crime, investigations, asset recovery and AML lawyers in NZ - by international directory Who's Who Legal 2021. Backed by sister publication Global Investigations Review, the WWL independent guide to
Crypto-enthusiasts and FinTech businesses across the Oceania region would have been pleased to see both the New Zealand and Australian Parliaments taking more interest in cryptocurrencies, to the point where each is holding formal crypto law Inquiries, at select committee
The Reserve Bank of NZ negotiated an agreed settlement to the TSB Bank AML case, the first enforcement action by RBNZ. In New Zealand an Anti-Money Laundering Supervisor cannot impose its own penalty, it must approach the High Court
Supermarket duopoly - Commerce Commission study FINAL REPORT into grocery markets The final Supermarket Study report: Grocery competition “muted”, says CC – but so are the outcomes? The Commerce Commission’s final report into New Zealand’s Retail Grocery duopoly landed in
After a lengthy process spanning over two years, the showroom wraps were recently taken off a major international report evaluating New Zealand’s current Anti-Money Laundering (AML) system. * A version of this article was first published in The Capital Letter,
