Program Brief

This training program is to provide participants with knowledge and skills necessary to pass the Advanced Qualification Exam in AML/CTF, presented by the CMA and TFA. The exam is designed for CMA-licensed compliance and AML officers. This program is tailored to familiarize participants with AMC/CTF international and KSA efforts, as well as the National AML Framework. It also provides participants with key AML/CTF skills, identifies Customer Due Diligence and suspicious activities reporting.

Program Topic
  • Compliance and Anti-Financial Crimes
Program Goals

At the end of the training program, the participant should be able to:

  • Gain knowledge and skills required to pass the Advanced Qualification Exam in Compliance.
  • Understand financial services regulatory environment and its objectives to make markets fair and transparent and mitigate legal risks.
  • Be familiar with the laws and regulations to be followed while performing the duties of his/her job.
  • Be familiar with the skills of compliance function, and how to draft compliance policies and procedures to establish an effective corporate compliance environment.
  • Deploy and apply a culture of compliance, conduct and governance to raise awareness.
  • Identify the risks of key financial crimes and develop an early alert plan to combat such risks and maintain market integrity.
Program Agenda
Module 1: International AML/CTF Efforts
  • 1 The Role of International Bodies in AML/CTF.

    • 2 Key AML/CTF Organizations.

      • 3 FATF Efforts and its Relationship with AML Parties.

        • 4 Impact of EU

          Module 2: ML/TF Risk Management
          • 1 Money Laundering – How It Works?

            • 2 Most Common Services and Products used in Money Laundering

              • 3 Corporate and Credit Service Providers

                • 4 Alternative Transfer Systems or Informal Value Transfer Systems

                  • 5 Managing the Risks of People in Official or Political Positions.

                    • 6 Terrorist Financing

                      • 7 Money Laundering

                        Module 3: KSA AML Efforts
                        • 1 General Developments

                          • 2 Local AML Models

                            • 3 KSA AML/CTF Legal

                              • 4 KSA AML/CTF Initiatives

                                • 5 Law

                                  • 6 Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

                                    • 7 Capital Market Authority (CMA)

                                      • 8 Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)

                                        Module 4: Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
                                        • 1 What does Customer Due Diligence Mean?

                                          • 2 Continuous Monitoring

                                            • 3 Customer Due Diligence

                                              • 4 Case Study on Customer Due Diligence Requirements.

                                                • 5 Customer Due Diligence Guarantees.

                                                  • 6 Newly Emerging Insights on Customer Due Diligence.

                                                    Module 5: Anti-Money Laundering in Practice
                                                    • 1 AML Structures

                                                      • 2 The Role of AML/CTF Reporting Officer

                                                        • 3 The Role of Senior Management

                                                          • 4 Managing Relationships with Executive Authorities

                                                            • 5 Customer Privacy Protection

                                                              • 6 Applying the Risk-Based Approach

                                                                • 7 Customer Activity Monitoring

                                                                  • 8 Automated Transaction Monitoring

                                                                    Module 6: Suspicious Activity Reporting
                                                                    • 1 Evaluation of Suspicious Activities

                                                                      • 2 Processing

                                                                        • 3 Avoid Notifying/Alerting the Suspect

                                                                          Module 7: AML/CTF Case Studies in Financial Markets
                                                                          • 1 Introduction

                                                                            • 2 Money Laundering

                                                                              • 3 Various Traded Products

                                                                                • 4 Risk-Based Approach

                                                                                  • 5 Bond Markets

                                                                                    • 6 Stock Markets

                                                                                      • 7 Other AML Risks

                                                                                        • 8 Stock and Bond Markets – Predicate Offenses of Money Laundering

                                                                                          • 9 Money Markets

                                                                                            • 10 Derivatives Markets

                                                                                              • 11 Foreign Exchange Markets

                                                                                                • 12 Commodity Markets

                                                                                                  • 13 Market Entry

                                                                                                    • 14 Clearinghouses

                                                                                                      • 15 Institutional Finance

                                                                                                        • 16 Joint or Group Lending

                                                                                                          • 17 Hedge Funds

                                                                                                            • 18 ML/TF Risks

                                                                                                              • 19 Risk Signs in Capital Markets

                                                                                                                Final Exam: As part of the Advanced Certificate Program, you must take a two-hour exam
                                                                                                                  Program Requirements
                                                                                                                  • Requirements

                                                                                                                  1. The candidate must have a minimum of two years of experience in the field of compliance and/or ML/FT Reporting with a licensed entity. 2. Candidates for compliance and/or AML roles must be registered in the following programs: - CMA Advanced Qualification Examination in AML/CFT. - CMA Advanced Qualification Examination in Compliance. To be completed within a maximum period of one year from the completion of the required experience mentioned above. 3. The two programs are not required for compliance and/or AML professionals who have obtained certifications from the International Compliance Association (ICA) in either compliance or AML.

                                                                                                                  Program Path

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                                                                                                                  Program Method
                                                                                                                  • Lecture
                                                                                                                  • Case Studies
                                                                                                                  • Practical Implementation
                                                                                                                  • Dialogue Teams
                                                                                                                  • Exercises and assignments
                                                                                                                  Evaluation Method
                                                                                                                  • Pre Exam
                                                                                                                  • Post Exam
                                                                                                                  Training Type
                                                                                                                  • In Class Training
                                                                                                                  • Online Training

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