During the past decade or so, financial services firms have been flooded with a vast number and variety of regulations. Each day, greater attention has to be paid to regulatory issues by companies during the course of their regular business activities.

In an interesting article published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the country’s regulatory authority recommends that authorised and registered firms develop compliance and AML leaders “who are suitably competent and capable of effectively performing the roles.”

The London Governance and Compliance Academy (LGCA) is excited to announce that Complyport’s Director of Financial Crime and Forensics, Martin Schofield, has joined its ranks to assist with content creation and the delivery of courses on financial crime prevention and associated topics.

The London Governance and Compliance Academy (LGCA) is excited to announce that Complyport’s Director of Financial Crime and Forensics, Martin Schofield, has joined its ranks to assist with content creation and the delivery of courses on financial crime prevention and associated topics.

Following its mission of providing the GRC world with cutting-edge, fully online and affordable certifications, the International Governance and Compliance Association (AGRC), in collaboration with London Governance and Compliance Academy (LGCA), is excited to announce the launch of its Certificate in Sanctions Compliance.

Last month LGCA jointly with AGRC and RCA, an AML and compliance consulting group in Estonia organised a webinar on Compliance & AML in Estonia.

The International Governance & Compliance Association (AGRC) has partnered up with the American Conference Institute, C5 and the Canadian Institute to offer its members a 10% discount to a whole series of conference taking place in November and December of this year.

Professionals in the Caribbean and Central America can now get certified by AGRC. LONDON, United Kingdom and SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The London Governance and Compliance Academy (LGCA) and Etikamente GEC, a consulting and training firm in the Dominican Republic, have joined forces to launch an online training academy in governance, risk and compliance […]

As of January 1, 2022, all UK MiFID investment firms will have to abide by the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) brand-new Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR).

According to the FCA, the IFPR’s overall objective is “to streamline and simplify the prudential requirements for MiFID investment firms that we prudentially regulate in the UK (FCA investment firms).”

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, better known as ESG, has been making quite a splash in the business world these days.

Investment in ESG by companies in a wide array of industries has been on the rise in recent years, particularly following the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, event that has shone a spotlight on the growing connection between sustainable development and financial results.