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AGENDA DAY 1 • MLRO Convention: 24th June 2010

08:30 Registration and coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from the chair

John Barrass, Deputy Chief Executive, APCIMS

9:10 Meeting the rising global challenge

n     The latest trends in financial crime in developing countries

n     Examining the emerging international architecture

n     Understanding the responsibilities of developed countries and the role of UK agencies

Phil Mason, Head, Anti-Corruption Team Aid Effectiveness and Accountability Department, Department for International Development

9:40 The evolving UK money laundering regime within the current regulatory environment

n     The impact of financial failures on the regulatory landscape

n     An outline of the likely shape of national reform

n     The impact of increasingly tight regulations and how you can ensure compliance of the AML function

n     Best practice guidelines to structure your corporate governance approach

n     Restructuring and testing the AML function to meet regulatory expectations

Keith Davis, Policy Adviser, Money Laundering, Financial Crime Team, HM Treasury

10:10 Moving toward greater transparency - impact and remaining challenges

n     Why is there a need for greater transparency?

n     CoST Pilot process in the UK

n     What is required going forward? Is the call for transparency a threat or opportunity?

Bob McKittrick, Chairman, Multi-stakeholder Group for the UK Pilot of CoST

10:40 Morning Coffee

11:00 Developing and delivering effective training to combat money laundering 

n     Identifying and managing your AML risks

n     KYS - know your staff

n     How can we deliver engaging training?

n     Measuring understanding and behaviour

Nicholas Walmsley, Director, Compliance Training, Deutsche Bank AG

11:30 A holistic approach to management of AML and anti bribery & corruption

n     Developing global or group standards across multi-jurisdictions which have different rules and regulations

n     Meeting the regulatory and legal obligations of business activities across jurisdictions

n     Understanding the difficulty of cross-border type of activities – what are the implications of differences in applications of the law in terms of AML?

n     Extra territorial reach and country equivalence: overcoming the AML challenges of entering new markets

Vesna McCreery, Group Head of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Barclays Bank  

12:00 Roundtable discussions

12:30 Networking lunch

13:30 SFO viewpoint:  Corporate offending in multiple jurisdictions

This session will feature a  fictious case study in which a UK bank has been used to channel the proceeds of crime to offshore accounts controlled by fraudsters. The fraudsters are in the sights of the US authorities and the bank is concerned it may have money laundering issues.  The issues the SFO will cover are:

n   The factors the bank should take into account when considering whether or not to self report

n   What the bank can expect from the SFO if it does SFO report

Glyn Powell, Head of City, Corporate and Public Funds, Serious Fraud Office

14:00 PEP’s - a new vision to a current effort: why, how and when during political processes

n     Recognising the elements and hidden threats that surround politics and finance

n     Do the different treaties and regulations such as Electoral, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Financing of Terrorism work with each other?

n     The real life scenario of our current legal, financial, political and electoral framework.

n     Cases. Trusts, Syndicates, Political Parties and Law Firms

n     Practical actions and resources to deal with these situations

Alberto Avila, Executive Director, COMLAFT

15:10 Afternoon tea

15:30 Managing and mitigating emerging risks: best practices for refining risk management

n     Conducting a risk assessment of emerging risks and effective due diligence

n     Monitoring risk and prioritising investigations based on identified or perceived risks

n     Fine-tuning your risk-assessment programme to account for a continually evolving risk profile

n     Establishing a baseline for your institution that ensures that risks are addressed consistently across business lines

David Kidd, Compliance Officer & Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Danske Bank

16:00 An update and review of JMLSG Guidance

n     The key areas of change to the JMLSG Guidance and how to implement the new guidelines

n     How the amendments will improve existing practices.

n     How should the industry adjust current practices to implement the changes?

n     The areas for improvement and integrating the changes into the existing guidance

John Barrass, Deputy Chief Executive, APCIMS

16:30 Roundtable discussions

17:00 Identifying AML /CFT risks over charity business

n     Superior  AML controls over NPOs and Charity Business

n     Enhanced AML  Procedures for charities within the banking system

n     Know your Charity 

n     International and UK requirements regulating  Charity Business

n     Focus on interests and demands  driving the  donation money and donations monitoring

n     Public/Private co-operative policies for charity scrutiny

n     How to prevent charity sector from financial crime abuses

Aline Tufenkjian Aziz, AML Research and Development Officer, Crédit Libanais Bank SAL

17:30 Closing remarks from the chair

17:40 Drinks reception sponsored by Fiserv