Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the UK law relating to money laundering in the aftermath of the three statutory instruments that came into effect in December 2007. In particular the suitability and impact of the law is considered. Design/methodology/approach – The method...

Securitisation is the process of raising finance by the issuing of bonds or commercial paper. In many cases the originator of the arrangement will, in return, be selling a package of existing loan assets in the form of debt instruments. The first of these arrangements is known as ‘primary...

Those carrying on ‘relevant financial business’ are already aware of the responsibilities imposed on them by the legislation relating to money laundering. At present this is made up of a variety of statutes, namely the Criminal Justice Act 1988, as amended (in Scotland the Criminal Justice...