Sanctions360 supports deeper investigative research into sanctions-related risks as part of enhanced due diligence (EDD), so you can understand more about direct and indirect sanctions exposure.
Sanctions imposed on entities and individuals affect supply chains, vendor management, customer relationships, and operations throughout the global business community. Moody’s can help you adapt to sanctions rules in a rapidly changing environment.
Moody’s sanctions solutions support you to determine if organizations or individuals in your network are sanctioned or sanctioned by extension.
Our data includes comprehensive sanctions lists and watchlists for international sanctions screening.
Moody's intelligent screening database can support faster, more robust screening of all relevant global sanctions and watchlists.
Moody's unified risk platform automates sanctions workflows and integrates global datasets to meet your risk policies and tailored to the regulations you need to comply with.
Use Moody's company data to understand ownership and control of legal entities. Queries can be set up to identify those sanctioned by the 50% OFAC rule and the EU and UK's "control" rules.
Sanctioned entities can obscure their ownership and control through family members or close connections. Moody's solutions can help uncover hidden networks and exposures.
Create the best starting point for your sanctions screening program using Moody's powerful, leading, comparable data resource on private companies.
Moody’s is here to work with you to understand sanctions rules, sanctions screening, and your risk exposure. If you have any questions and would like to talk to one of our industry practice leads, please get in touch any time.
Moody’s new sanctions whitepaper discusses the shifts in sanctions enforcement, evasion techniques, and the knowledge and tools that can support compliance teams in mitigating sanctions risks. Stay ahead of the evolving sanctions curve.
"We knew we wanted to transform our KYC and sanctions processes. By implementing Maxsight, we moved from manual, one-size-fits-all checks to a risk-based approach—automating, where possible, to focus resources on high-risk customers.”
— Alastair Lauder
KYC and Sanctions Programme Lead, WTW
Go beyond the sanctions lists. See how timely, robust, and risk-relevant sanctions data combines with ownership and control information to present a fuller view of sanctions risk exposure.
Upload your portfolio and cross-reference it with Moody’s ownership, watchlist, and sanctions data.
You get fuller coverage statistics, including the number of matches, and the number of related entities.
The European Council introduced Article 5r of Council Regulation 833, a regulatory reporting requirement for EU credit and financial institutions, that became effective from July 1, 2024.
This measure requires semi-annual reporting on outgoing transfers - exceeding €100,000 - from EU legal entities that are more than 40% owned, directly or indirectly, by Russian companies, nationals, or residents.
If you would like support in accessing data related to this reporting requirement, please get in touch to discuss how Moody’s can help.
Coverage of major sanction regimes and watchlists around the world. Receive updates every 24 hours. Feel secure in the knowledge you are using the most up-to-date sanctions lists and related information.
Not all sanctioned entities are named on lists. Analyze ownership, control, voting power, and linkages during compliance activity — OFAC's 50% and the UK and EU's "by control" rules.
Governments can introduce new sanctions and change restrictions quickly. Make sure you are ready to respond and can understand exposure related to customers, suppliers, and partners across your business network.
Sanctioned entities and individuals can operate via family members, friends, and associates, or other means such as shell companies. Identify associations below ownership thresholds, as well as checking connections, familial and personal relationships of sanctioned individuals.
Financial sanctions prohibit doing any business with the subject entity, including dealing with their issued securities. Although some securities are directly called out within sanctions lists (by way of ISINs), this is not systematic, and businesses are expected to detect whether a security has been issued by a sanctioned entity.
Moody's helps you address these challenges through its proprietary database. Our Sanctioned securities screening solution has mapped this data to issued securities to help detect:
If sanctions securities screening is something you need to manage, please get in touch with the team at Moody's — we would love to help.
Tracking sanctions regimes — especially complex and rapidly evolving ones, including those from sanctioning bodies with their own unique sanctions lists — carries a range of institutional risks that span compliance, legal, reputational, operational, and strategic domains.
Check out our article, including an interactive sanctions map to find out more about sanctions in different regions.
Understand the complexities of sanctions on the energy sector including shipping, with insights into compliance challenges & how technology helps mitigate risk.
The global political landscape is volatile, and sudden shifts in international or foreign relations can result in the introduction of swift and complex sanctions regime changes. At the same time, in response to new and tougher sanctions imposed on them, sanctioned individuals and entities operating in key sectors are employing increasingly sophisticated sanctions evasion techniques.
The European Council has introduced new sanctions-related regulation and issued a directive focused on enhancing transparency regarding the flow of funds related to Russian-owned entities out of the EU. Read more about the changes and ongoing requirements.
Luxury brands could face risks from export control failures—penalties, reputational damage, and investor fallout.
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