Events, Courses & Seminars

2022 KYC & CDD Forum

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Location: Live online

Know your Customer (KYC) & Client Due Diligence (CDD) are at the heart of financial crime risk management in the financial services sector.

Regulators are increasingly focused on the quality of KYC & CDD carried out both at client onboarding and review stage. Following increased legislative pressure, financial services businesses are still getting to grips with the challenges presented by complex business relationships, particularly PEP relationships.

This virtual half-day forum will examine the key issues faced by those responsible for undertaking and monitoring KYC & CDD.

Agenda:

13:45-14:00 Registration and welcome from the Forum Chair
Andrew Horbury, Director at the School of International Financial Services

14:00-14:30 UBO & Control – what really matters?
Jo French LLM, Specialist Compliance Tutor at the School of International Financial Services

14:30-15:00 Managing PEP-risk in light of the Pandora Papers
Stephen Platt, Founder & CEO at RiskScreen

15:00-15:30 It's never too early to SAR: spotting red flags during KYC/CDD
Sharon Sargeant, Compliance Consultant at Baker Regulatory Services

15:30-15:40 Break

15:40-16:10 Panel discussion: A view from both sides of the fence: How effective CDD inoculates against enforcement action
Barry Faudemer, Chief Executive of Baker & Partners; Tom Townson, Partner, Head of Financial Crime at Grant Thornton; tbc

16:10-16:40 Managing KYC remediation projects
tbc

16:40-17:00 A quick-fire roundup of practical KYC/CDD take-aways
Andrew Horbury, Director at the School of International Financial Services

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