A Guide to Stop Firms Being Used to Spread the Crime of Money Laundering.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27882 ) has announced the addition of Anti-Money Laundering - A Guide For Financial Services Firms to their offering.

An essential practical guide for compliance professionals, lawyers and regulatory consultants on how to implement a proportionate and effective anti-money laundering regime.

Focuses on how a system can be constructed to prevent firms from being used to further financial crime, and how to avoid regulatory penalties.

Looks at how firms can implement legislation, guidance, regulations and advice that has been released from a variety of sources, both national and international.

Contains practical guidance on the implementation of a compliance regime, rather than detailed descriptions of legislations or glamourised versions of the money laundering process.

Topics covered include:

--Customer identification

--The role of the money laundering reporting officer

--Staff training and awareness

--Internal reporting and reporting to the National Criminal Intelligence Service

--Systems and controls to prevent money laundering

--Keeping up-to-date with national and international developments in anti-money laundering

Content Covered

1. Dealing with Complex KYC 

--Ed Williamson

--The Royal Bank of Scotland 

2. Managing Global AML 

--John Flynn

--Aviva

3. PoCA Issues

--Dave Powers

--Barclays

4. Managing AML Awareness and Training

--Tim Gibson

--Redtray Ltd.;

5. Role and Responsibilities of the MLRO 

--Jenny Esdaile and Shaun O'Leary

--Huntswood Consulting

6. Local Management of AML Responsibilities

--Chris Oldland

--Zurich

7. Electronic Verification

--John Cannon

--Equifax

8. Risk-Based Approach

--Nick Matthews

--Deloitte

9. Managing Internal and External Reporting

--Emma Hardaker

--Deloitte

10. Healthchecking and Benchmarking your AML Regime

--Tim Gough

--The Royal Bank of Scotland

--NB - These contents are provisional and subject to change until final publication of book.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c27882.