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IRAA Global INSIGHTSThe Intelligence Magazine 05 perspectives / August 2026
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Law, Risk & Compliance

Perspectives on UAE law, AML, audit, governance, and the regulatory disciplines that protect enterprise value.

UAE AML Compliance in 2026: A Board-Level Operating Framework for DNFBPs Highlighted insight · AML · 11 min UAE AML Compliance in 2026: A Board-Level Operating Framework for DNFBPs

The UAE's updated AML framework expects risk ownership, independent compliance judgment and evidence that controls work in practice—not a policy file that is opened only before an inspection.

Akash Chetwani, CFA Akash Chetwani, CFASenior Partner · Advisory Read full insight ↗

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UAE Beneficial Ownership Rules: What Companies Must Record, Update and Prove02 Law, Risk & Compliance · 10 min UAE Beneficial Ownership Rules: What Companies Must Record, Update and Prove

A shareholder register is not always a beneficial ownership analysis. UAE companies must look through ownership chains, voting rights and other control to identify the natural persons behind the structure.

Akash Chetwani, CFA Akash Chetwani, CFASenior Partner · Advisory Read insight ↗ UAE Data Protection for Businesses: Consent, Vendors, Breaches and Cross-Border Processing03 Law, Risk & Compliance · 11 min UAE Data Protection for Businesses: Consent, Vendors, Breaches and Cross-Border Processing

Data protection is an operating model for how personal information is collected, used, shared, secured and deleted. Contracts and privacy notices matter, but systems and daily decisions must support them.

Akash Chetwani, CFA Akash Chetwani, CFASenior Partner · Advisory Read insight ↗ Targeted Financial Sanctions in the UAE: Screening, Freezing and Reporting Without Delay04 AML · 10 min Targeted Financial Sanctions in the UAE: Screening, Freezing and Reporting Without Delay

Sanctions compliance is time-critical. UAE businesses need reliable list updates, ownership-aware screening and an escalation route that can distinguish a potential match from a confirmed match without tipping off a customer.

Akash Chetwani, CFA Akash Chetwani, CFASenior Partner · Advisory Read insight ↗ Directors and Managers in UAE Companies: Duties, Conflicts and Control Evidence05 Governance · 11 min Directors and Managers in UAE Companies: Duties, Conflicts and Control Evidence

Authority should be matched by evidence of care: clear delegations, disclosed conflicts, reliable minutes and decisions supported by information available at the time.

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