Field tradecraft · Myanmar
Verifying records on the ground in Myanmar
Obtaining records in Myanmar can require visits to the offices that hold them. A look inside the routine work of retrieving documents and checking information at its source.
Field Notes
Observations and analysis from our work across Asia: what we see on the ground, what the records show, and how we read what is changing.
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Stewardship gaps and sovereign capital: what ACGA’s new report signals about Danantara
ACGA’s stewardship report finds Indonesia has no dedicated stewardship code and flags Danantara’s board, disclosure and audit arrangements. What those gaps mean for investors seeking governance visibility.
Singapore’s family office shakeup
Singapore AML Reset, Part 2. After the 2023 money-laundering case, Singapore raised ownership, banking and source-of-wealth expectations for family offices, with new obligations for banks, family offices and regulators.
Efficiency isn’t a defense in Singapore’s AML reset
Singapore AML Reset, Part 1. Cases from 1MDB to the 2023 laundering investigation showed controls and paperwork clearing while judgment lagged. Why firms are now expected to show how judgment was exercised, not only that procedures were followed.
Before the insight
A reflection on the slow middle of fieldwork: why patient listening and resisting early conclusions shape the analysis that comes later.
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