Chasing a Moving Target | Update 1

Chasing a moving target: Financial Services quarterly regulatory updates

The regulatory landscape for the financial services industry has changed significantly over the past years. A little over a year ago, industry outlooks were blissfully ignorant of the COVID-19 pandemic which made the landscape even more challenging. This together with other regulatory changes on the horizon will continue to keep regulated entities and subject persons on their toes.

Regulated entities including banks and other financial institutions, must therefore keep themselves updated with ongoing industry developments. As regulations become increasingly more complex, businesses need to ensure that they are fully compliant in a timely and accurate manner, in order to effectively mitigate risks in this challenging environment.

Following the success of the first edition of Chasing a Moving Target, EY Connect Learning is launching a new quarterly regulatory series in 2022 focused on noteworthy regulatory updates and developments impacting subject persons and regulated entities. Each session will cover salient regulatory updates and industry developments both from a local and EU perspective. Such sessions will include updates on the EU Anti-Money Laundering package and other key financial crime updates. The sessions will also include developments in EU regulation/directives and updates to local legislation and applicable rules and conditions. 

Who should attend?

The updates are targeted at personnel working in the financial services industry including financial institutions, asset management and insurance businesses, subject persons, MLROs, AML Professionals, Risk and Compliance Personnel and individuals interested in keeping up to date with the industry regulations.

Session Outline

During the first session we will delve into the recent local financial crime updates including recent revisions to the Implementing Procedures and the various factsheets issued by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit. From an EU perspective, we will look into the recent noteworthy guidelines and proposals issued and how these will impact subject persons as well as the key next steps for institutions.

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Fee

Registration fee one session: €49.

*Eligible for CPE Circuit credits. Please contact us for group and EY alumni discounts

Speakers 

Rachele Barbara | Senior Manager | Financial Crime Advisory Services

Rachele has significant experience in assisting various local and international clients on various Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer review and remediation processes and financial crime risk management procedures. Rachele has also 20 years’ experience working in a local bank with the last 10 years of her banking career focusing on regulatory projects including AML. She has a Certificate in Banking (Cert. CIB) and a Diploma in Human Resources Management (University of Leicester).

Chris Cassar | Manager | Financial Crime Advisory Services

Chris joined EY in 2012 after being conferred a 1st Class degree from the University of Malta in Bachelor in Accountancy (Honours) and is a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants as a Certified Public Accountant. He spent his first 5 years with the Firm within the Assurance department before transitioning to the Strategy & Transactions department in 2017, and was promoted to Manager in 2019. Over the past years Chris has been involved in several regulatory banking and remediation engagements across different banking clients, both locally and abroad. He has more recently been supporting and leading other compliance engagements related to financial crime and anti-money laundering.

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