Not only do fund managers face a strict (by the FSMA supervised) legal framework to prevent money laundering (Anti-Money Laundering – AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF), but they also get confronted with increasing societal demands when it comes to tax defensible investing. On top of that, regulation related to sanctions & embargoes only became more complex and volatile in the last couple of months.

At the same time, compliance-aspects as AML/CTF in general aren’t the specific field of expertise of fund managers and (other than large financial institutions) they lack the FTE-capacity to have people constantly scanning for legal changes and best practices.

The goal of this seminar is therefore to give fund managing partners (partners and their associates) an introduction into the general legal framework and into current best practices according to FSMA and other supervisory authorities.

By doing so we hope to provide them with the tools to set-up an AML-compliance project focusing especially on the need to reconcile the inevitable compliance requirements with the limited capacity (in terms of people and budget) one can spend.

Speakers:

– Freya Jorens, partner at Argo law

– Joris Lambrechts, Manager Compliance & Forensics at Finvision

– Joris Mortelmans, CFO and Partner at Heran Partners