Registration Time: 08:00 - 09:00
Sessions Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Full day conference prices (The Institute is now accepting payments via Paypal):
Member: €110
Non-Member: €160
Retired Member: €80
Student: €90
Competencies:
5hrs Core Competencies
Agenda
08:00 – 09:00: Registration
09:00 – 09:15: Welcome address: Ms. Maria Cauchi Delia, CEO, MIA, and Mr. David Delicata, President, MIA.
09:15 – 09:35: The Strategy of the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit: collaborating with stakeholders: Mr. Alfred Zammit, Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit.
9.35 – 10.20: Fireside chat on the Central Due Diligence Repository and the Landmark Judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union relating to public access to the Beneficial Owner Register: Dr. Geraldine Spiteri Lucas, Registrar and CEO, Malta Business Registry, and Dr. Manfred Galdes, Deputy Chairperson of the MIA AML Committee and Managing Partner, ARQ Group.
10.20 – 10.40: Overview of the recent supervisory observations of the FIAU with a focus on the accountancy profession: Ms. Martina Blandi, Senior Associate, Supervision Section FIAU & Dr. Liza Marie Cassar, Manager, Enforcement Section, FIAU.
10:40 - 11:00: Coffee Break – 20 mins
11:00– 11:20: What’s new in the Implementing Procedures Part II – Accountants & Auditors: an overview by Ms. Ariane Azzopardi, Chairperson of the MIA AML Committee and Director, Quality and Risk Management, KPMG in Malta.
11.20 – 12.20: Beneficial ownership
Panel Discussion: Beneficial ownership: Case studies/Examples: Dr. Rakele Cini, Member of MIA AML Committee and Legal Consultant, rklAdvisory.
Panel Discussion:
Dr. Jonathan Phyall, Head of Legal, Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit.
Dr. Geraldine Spiteri Lucas, Registrar and CEO, Malta Business Registry.
Ms. Ariane Azzopardi, Chairperson of the MIA AML Committee and Director, Quality and Risk Management, KPMG in Malta.
12:20 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 14:30: Reporting
Panel Discussion: Reporting obligations as emanating from the IPs Part II with a focus on case-studies/examples relating to tax, audit and accounting: Ms. Lucienne Pace Ross, MIA Council Member, member of the MIA AML Committee and Partner, PWC Malta.
Panel Discussion:
Mr. Clifton Grech, Senior Intelligence Analyst, Financial, Intelligence Analysis, Unit.
Dr. Gianluca Busuttil, Manager at Deloitte.
Mr. Alan Craig, Member of the MIA AML Committee and Partner, Mazars Malta.
14.30 – 14.50: Coffee Break
14:50 – 15:50: Ongoing monitoring/Record-Keeping
Panel Discussion: obligations relating to ongoing monitoring/record-keeping as emanating from the IPs Part II with a focus on case-studies/examples – Ms. Joette Sciortino, Member of the MIA AML Committee and Partner, EY Malta.
Panel Discussion:
Dr. Manfred Galdes, Deputy Chairperson of the MIA AML Committee and Managing Partner, ARQ Group.
Ms. Ruth Esposito, Member of the MIA AML Committee and Manager, Grant Thornton Malta.
Dr. Daniel Frendo, Senior Manager, Legal Affairs Section, FIAU.
Mr. Giles Schembri, Partner, KPMG in Malta
15:50 – 16:00: Concluding remarks:
Ms. Ariane Azzopardi, Chairperson of the MIA AML Committee and Director, Quality and Risk Management, KPMG in Malta.