The course is designed to support risk professionals, anti-money laundering laundering professionals and VC industry practitioners in understanding more about the development of VC and how to manage associated financial crime risks. Core learning is provided via a detailed course manual, with additional media providing further help and guidance on some of the course’s key learning points.

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GACO is delighted to invite you to this half day seminar aimed at providing the Gibraltar Gambling industry with awareness of the current jurisdictional operational challenges, money laundering responsibilities and looking at the possible short, medium and long- term compliance challenges facing Gibraltar and the gambling sector.

This will be a unique opportunity to get abreast with the latest hot topics within the gambling industry provided
by Christina, a leading expert in the area.

Bank Lombard Odier & Cie Ltd is one of the oldest and largest private bankers in Europe with a recognised presence in all major financial markets and a network of 27 offices in 23 countries. Our name is synonymous with expertise, quality and tradition. In addition to these values, which we have held since 1796, the Firm is today an innovative and forward thinking organisation.

Changing regulation, increased enforcement and the adoption of new technologies are changing the risk landscapes that organisations must face. EY's 15th Global Fraud Survey contains insights from business leaders on the risks and challenges organisations face in fighting fraud and corruption in an era of significant technological advance. The survey also discusses how companies are addressing these risks through enhanced technologies and increased compliance efforts. 

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The current international tax framework maps the taxation of profits to the location of management of key functions, assets and risks. In essence, it seeks to tax profits where value is created. A taxable presence will typically only arise in jurisdictions where an enterprise has a physical establishment.

• Digital tokens are built on a distributed ledger infrastructure often referred to as a "blockchain." These tokens can provide various rights. Cryptocurrency is a type of digital token, and is designed as a medium of exchange. Other digital tokens provide rights to use assets or services, or in some cases represent ownership interests.

When we are all about to completely digest 4AMLD there is already 5AMLD around the corner waiting for us. Therefore, I thought that you would appreciated the following document that compares 4AMLD with the upcoming 5AMLD in a structured and simple way:

http://files.acams.org/pdfs/2017/Comparison-4-5AMLD.pdf

Regulators are holding financial institutions responsible for the real-life consequences of anti-money laundering (AML) failures. Firms must reconfigure their transaction monitoring programs to identify the emergent, multi-dimensional money laundering and terrorism finance methods that are defeating today’s rules-based detection scenarios.

We explore what exactly Blockchain is, what it means for corporates around the world and how it might impact the status quo of banking.

Please kindly bear in mind that some of the course titles are subject to changes even though the topics covered will be in-line with the above descriptions.

One or two dates might need to be changed. We will send you in due course the final invite for the above events with the respective booking forms for the seminars, nevertheless we wanted already make you aware of the dates for those events allowing you to make appropriate arrangements to attend the seminars in question.

HM Government of Gibraltar has today published a white paper covering “Token Regulation”. The document can be viewed by clicking on this link to the Gibraltar Finance website.

The British Government has today confirmed that Gibraltar Financial Services providers and Gibraltar gaming operators will continue to have access to the U.K. markets post-Brexit by means of a bilateral arrangement designed to secure freedom of movement of services between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.