Programme

Time Day 1: Thursday, 28 July 2005
8.30 am WELCOME REMARKS
Chairman, The Association of Banks in Singapore
8.35 am

OPENING REMARKS

Chan Seng Onn
Solicitor-General, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore
8.50 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1:
The Financial War against Crime and Terror - The Cost and Risks for Bankers

Prof Barry Rider
Consultant, Beachcroft Wansbroughs, United Kingdom
9.20 am Tea Break
10.00 am PLENARY SESSION 1

International Bodies: Growing Influence and Impact on Financial Institutions
Global regulators agree that more needs to be done by financial institutions to ensure the integrity of the financial markets.

Moderator

  • Eric Chan, Director (International and Regional Relations), External Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Panellists

  • Nancy Bercovici, Senior Vice President, Banking Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    Lessons Learned on AML Practices in Correspondent Banking   
  • Joseph Quiazon, Senior Manager, Financial Advisory Services, KPMG, Australia
    What global trends might emerge from recent US regulatory enforcement actions
  • Alain Damais, Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), France
    FATF’s roadmap
12.00 nn Lunch
1.30 pm PLENARY SESSION 2

Customers, Employees and Businesses: What It Takes….
The importance of risk management regarding the right employee, business and customer policies.

Moderator

  • Dominic Nixon, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore

Panellists

  • Jack Sonnenschein, Senior Advisor, Global AML Unit, Citigroup, USA
    Risk management of KYC
  • Brendan Hewson, Consultant, Global Risk Advisory Services, USA KYE, the enemy within
  • Matthew Herrington, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, USA
    KYB - Know Your Business
3.30 pm Tea Break
4.00 pm WORKSHOP 1
Good customer identification programmes and best practices for investigations.
Learn about good customer due diligence: customer identification, monitoring tools and investigation of exceptions.

Moderator

  • Paul Curby, Director, Fraud Risk Services - Asia Pacific, Ferrier Hodgson

Panellists

  • Chris Cass, Partner, Deloitte & Touche Financial Advisory Services, Australia
  • David Caruso, Chief Compliance Officer, Riggs Bank, Washington DC, USA
  • Jack Sonnenschein, Senior Advisor, Global AML Unit, Citigroup, USA (tbc)
 WORKSHOP 2
The Role of Banks in Combating Terrorist Financing
Lessons learnt from the September 11 Report

Moderator

  • Sharon Craggs, MD & General Head, Group Legal and Compliance, DBS Bank, Singapore

Panellists

  • Tan Sin Liang, Compliance Lawyer, SL Tan & Co, Singapore
    Case Study on the financing of the September 11 Terrorist Attack
  • Rick Small, Global Anti-Money Laundering Director, Citigroup, USA
  • Paul O'Hara, Vice President, Asia Compliance, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Hong Kong
6.00 pm End of Day 1
  Day 2: Friday, 29 July 2005
8.30 am OPENING REMARKS
Chairman ABS Standing Committee on Self Governance and Compliance
8.40 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2

Dr Rohan Gunaratna
Head, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies, Singapore
9.20 am Tea Break
10.00 am PLENARY SESSION 3

Global Trends in Financial Crime
The latest methodologies of global financial criminals.

Moderator

  • Ian Wong, Assistant Director, Financial Investigation Division, Commercial Affairs Department, Singapore

Panellists

  • Grant Newsham, Executive Director, Corporate Security, Morgan Stanley, Japan
    Profile of organised crime in Japan
  • Tim Morris, Regional Vice-President, Security and Risk, Asia/Pacific, MasterCard International
    Tracking suspicious activity in the credit card business
  • Thomas Yung, Senior Regional e-Fraud Risk Manager, HSBC, Hong Kong
    Internet Banking Frauds
  • Rebecca Li, Asst Director, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong
    Corruption Trends
12.15 pm
 Lunch
1.30 pm

The Perils of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance - Managing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in Today's Environment

Rick Small
Global Anti-Money Laundering Director, Citigroup, USA

2.00 pm PLENARY SESSION 4

Striking a Balance between Banking Secrecy and Full Transparency
 Learn how experts overcome banking secrecy and obstacles in obtaining information for investigations.

Moderator

  • Tan Sin Liang, Compliance Lawyer, SL Tan & Co, Singapore

Panellists

  • Nancy Bercovici, Senior Vice President, Banking Supervision Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    Basel Consolidated KYC Risk Management Paper
  • Michael Blanchflower, Senior Counsel, Parkside Chambers, Hong Kong
    Practical Implications of Anti-Money Laundering Laws for Professionals
  • Brendan Hewson, Consultant, Global Risk Advisory Services, USA The Banker’s Perspective
4.00 pm Tea Break
4.30 pm

PLENARY SESSION 5
Learning Points from Riggs Bank: The Pinochet and Equatorial Guinea Cases
PEPs, Embassies and Diplomatic Accounts…learn how to avoid the pitfalls when dealing with them in Private and Consumer Banking.

Chairman

  • Peter Hazlewood, Senior Vice President, Group Compliance, DBS Bank, Singapore

Speaker

  • David Caruso, Chief Compliance Officer, Riggs Bank, Washington DC, USA

Panellist

  • Matthew Herrington, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, USA
6.00 pm Closing Remarks and End of Conference

 

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