Money laundering and financial crime are the topics of an annual conference run by City and Financial, on October 7 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London.
Organisers say that financial crime remains at the top of the UK government’s agenda, perhaps even more so due to the numerous well publicised cases of breaches of information security and an increased public awareness of the threat of identity theft.
Work in progress includes the thematic work of the FSA’s Financial Crime and Intelligence Division; the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s “SAR Transformation Project”; the Fraud Review; the proposed “Plea Negotiation Framework”; and the development of more effective approaches to policing fraud.
HM Treasury continues to implement its new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance strategy, which it announced last year.
Against this background of significant change in the anti-fraud and money laundering regime, this eighth annual conference brings together speakers to assess how firms should respond to ensure that they are not only fully compliant, but also make the most of the opportunities presented by these regulatory developments to manage financial crime risk more effectively. Issues to be discussed include:
HM Treasury’s fight against financial crime
*The FSA’s strategy and developments in relation to market abuse
*Fraud Review update
*Identify theft – controlling the data
*Data compromise: a Norwich Union case study
*The Government’s proposed plea negotiation framework
*The evolving role of the police in combating financial crime
*Money laundering and Terrorist Financing: geographical hotspots
*Transaction monitoring tools
*Detecting, investigating and preventing employee fraud
*Anti-fraud controls and the trading environment
*Practical compliance issues for UK companies
*Developing an effective whistleblowing culture
*US extradition – what does this mean to me?
Speakers
Conference Chairman
Andrew Clark, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Keynote Address
Kitty Ussher MP, Economic Secretary, HM Treasury
Other speakers
John Armstrong, Head of Investigations, Aviva Plc
Michael Bowron, Commissioner, City of London Police
Charles Carr, Managing Director, Kroll Associates
Andrew Clark, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Paul Evans, Executive Director, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
John Flynn, Head of Financial Crime Prevention, Aviva Plc
Alistair Graham, Partner, Head of Commercial Litigation, White & Case
Mike Healy, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Alliances, Fin-Scan
Stephen Hockman QC
Jonathan Holbrook, Data Protection Practice, Information Commissioner’s Office
Iain Mcleod, Managing Director, Compliance Division for EMEA, SAI Global
Neil Munro, Head of UK Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Morgan Stanley
Mark Prinsley, Partner, Mayer Brown International LLP
Sandra Quinn, Interim Chief Executive, National Fraud Strategic Authority
Ed Sautter, Partner, Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement Group, Mayer Brown International LLP
John Sinclair Mair, Formerly Group Financial Crime Director, Lloyds TSB and SVP, AML, Western Union
Jamie Symington, Head of Wholesale, FSA Enforcement
Jonathan Taylor, Director General, London Investment Banking Association; and Chairman, Joint Money Laundering Steering Group
Speaker from National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit.
