by Dave Robson, Assistant Course Director
Wed, February 22 2012 08:24
The BBC Business website has today added a video on PPI compensation levels. Most of you will know what PPI stands for, at least in the first instance...
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by Sam Gibbins, Sales and Marketing Director (Singapore)
Tue, February 21 2012 11:59
The Transparency International ‘Corruptions Perceptions Index’ published annually, offers a glimpse of global corruption based on perceived levels within the public sector of 183 countries. The Index is a funny thing, loved in some quarters and loathed in others...
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by Anthony Beckett, Course Director (AML)
Fri, February 17 2012 09:28
So it has arrived – the revised version of the FATF 40 + 9 and what do we see?
I am sure I will not be the only blog or commentary on this issue, and I definitely need to take a more in depth look, but I thought I would share my very initial observations and thoughts:
The 9 Special Recommendatio...
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by Elizabeth Mullins, ICA Fellow
Thu, February 16 2012 15:10
When a compliance professional receives that notification in their inbox from either the FSA, OFT, ICO or other regulatory/oversight body; what do they do?
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by Dave Robson, Assistant Course Director
Thu, February 09 2012 11:29
The synopsis said it was an Academy Award winning forensic analysis of the 2008 global financial crisis, tracing the emergence of a rogue culture within the finance industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.
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by Dave Robson, Assistant Course Director
Wed, February 08 2012 08:51
This year Hollywood star Robert De Niro is set to star as disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, in an HBO movie which he will also produce.
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by Jeremy Platts, Course Tutor (Hong Kong)
Mon, January 30 2012 10:31
As this is the start of the New Year, the imminent start of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon and my first offering for the ICA blog, it seems appropriate to give an overview of the AML situation here in Hong Kong and to look ahead to the new law that takes effect on 1st April 2012.
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by Anthony Beckett, Course Director (AML)
Wed, January 18 2012 08:47
The Puppet Masters report recently issued by the World Bank, while lengthy, is a quality source of information and guidance on the ever thorny issue of beneficial ownership
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by Helen Langton, Sales and Marketing Director
Fri, December 30 2011 08:53
It’s the season for reviews and compilation of lists. Top ten books. Top ten films. Contenders for personality of the year. Top ten presents to be bought for under a fiver that won’t disintegrate within 10 seconds of being opened. There are reviews of the news events from over the last 1...
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by Jonathan Bowdler, Course Director (Compliance)
Fri, December 30 2011 08:50
The term ‘Compliance Culture’ is used a great deal in discussing how to achieve effective regulatory compliance, particularly by compliance training organisations! However, if you do not define what you mean by this phrase then how are you going to take the appropriate steps to achieve i...
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