For All Gibraltar Regulated Entities And Individuals

The Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers would like to have the pleasure of your company for a evening full of Gin on the 7th of December at the Garrison Library in Gibraltar. RSVP to reserve your space - click here. Limited to 60 attendees.

A model to quantify compliance, legal and contractual risks. Summary, The use of colors, 1-5 ranges, scores, and adjectives to assess risks not only induces wrong decision making but also is malpractice. Scientific research has proven that heat maps and qualitative assessments have mathematical flaws and biases preventing corporate defense and compliance with accountability principles. Learn how to use data-driven models based on Monte Carlo Simulations and decision trees to quantify the expo...

Ensuring your employees are adequately trained in anti-money laundering (AML), Counter Terrorism Finance (CTF) and Counter Proliferation Financing (CPF) is a crucial component of managing financial crime risk. Not only is it vital to protect your firm, but it's often required by regulations.  There is no doubt that money laundering continues to be a serious global problem. This massive amount of dirty money floating “beneath the surface” is the reason why the laws and regulations have become...

GACO wishes to gauge interest with his members to see how much interest and appetite there would be for a master class around the importance for any type of business in having a business plan, what it should contain and why it is important not least because of the regulatory requirements tied up to it. Even the smallest business can benefit from writing up a business plan. In short, a business plan allows you to communicate your vision to others and persuade them to help you meet your goals....

Gibraltar is in a "pretty good place" towards getting off the Financial Action Task Force's grey list, according to the former Executive Secretary of the FATF, David Lewis. He's one of four speakers who took part in "Risk on the Rock", a biannual event organised by the Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers, held at the Sunborn Hotel. The event looked at how to manage the risk of financial crime: tackling issues including money laundering, cyber-attacks, and risk management in busin...

GACO is delighted to announce that Grahame Jackson of Hassans, Gibraltar’s resident CRS expert has given an open invitation to GACO members to a talk he will be giving a talk on the upcoming changes to the Common Reporting Standard (the Crypto Reporting Framework) which will extend CRS reporting on holdings and financial accounts to Crypto Asset Service Providers which have previously been outside the remit of such reporting. Bookings - Click hereGrahame was instrumental in training the Gibr...