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Ellen O'Brien

Regulatory Associate at Maples Group in the Cayman Islands, focusing on regulatory and financial services law and co-hosting The Regulatory 15/15 podcast.

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Sep 15, 2026

The Regulatory 15/15

The Regulatory 15/15

Insurance & reinsurance updates, CRS compliance obligations and new AML return requirements for trust companies, updates to the List of Approved Stock Exchanges.

Sep 15 · 23m

Chris CapewellHOST

11:28

So probably useful that you kick off with CRS if you can.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

11:31

Yeah.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

11:32

Great.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

11:32

Thanks, Chris.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

11:33

Um, so as you mentioned, uh, the 15th of September is the CRS compliance form deadline date for submission via the DITC portal.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

11:42

So for any listener who's not familiar with the CRS compliance form, this is the annual declaration of compliance that requires financial institutions to provide additional information to the DITC to ensure that effective implementation and compliance of CRS reporting and due diligence, um, procedures.

Ellen O'BrienGUEST

12:01

So while the CRS returns should have mi- should have been submitted at the end of July, and they focus on reportable financial accounts, the CRS compliance form is focused on non-reportable financial accounts of the FI.

Chris CapewellHOST

15:07

But now, as you said, restricted trust companies and private trust companies are gonna fall into that cycle.