Complimentary Web Seminar

Recorded:		ACAMS Complimentary Web Seminar
13 April 2010		New Zealand's New AML/CTF Regime - What do the Supervisors Think?

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UPDATE: Join us for a rare networking and educational opportunity!

If you are in the Wellington area, you can join us and watch the presentation in person on 13 April at the PricewaterhouseCoopers office at Level 16, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, 113-199 The Terrace, Wellington.

Apart from attending the live presentation, you will also get the opportunity to network with AML industry peers and have face time with supervisors to discuss your most pressing AML challenges! You will receive RSVP information after you register.

In October 2009 New Zealand's Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 received Royal Assent. Although some parts of the Act have come into force, for the most part the main obligations will not come into effect until 2011 or 2012. Regulations, which will contain much of the detail, have not yet been released although the Ministry of Justice has invited submissions on the regulations and codes of practice through a discussion document.

Amongst other things, the Act proposes three AML/CTF supervisors - the Securities Commission, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Department of Internal Affairs.

The ACAMS Australasian Chapter invites you to join a free Web Seminar on the NZ AML/CTF regime with speakers from each of the three supervisors as well as the New Zealand Police's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) who will responsible for receiving and actioning Suspicious Transactions Reports.

	Who are the Supervisors and what their role will be
	What the Supervisors are currently working on
	How the Supervisors propose to work together with industry to ensure a successful AML/CTF regime
	What the FIU's role will be

Geoff Brown
Securities Commission

Geoff is the AML/CTF Establishment Manager at the Securities Commission. Geoff has been working with other agency's on developing the AML/CTF legislation and preparing for and taking part in the FATF mutual evaluation of New Zealand. Geoff has been with the Commission since February 2003 as a senior investigator in the investigation and enforcement team. Geoff has worked extensively in the areas of enforcement/regulation as well as 6 years in a small chartered accounting firm and 6 years in sharebroking and investment advising.

Kate Reid
Department of Internal Affairs

Kate is the Manager AML/CTF at the Department of Internal Affairs. She has significant experience at the DIA. Kate has a background in policy development and regulatory frameworks, particularly concerning gambling regulations.

Hamish Armstrong
Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Hamish is a New Zealand qualified solicitor, but spent the last 15 years working in the UK, including time at the SFO and FSA. He is a Financial Crime specialist, having focused mainly on money laundering and terrorist financing, but also fraud and market abuse/insider dealing. Hamish recently returned to NZ to take up a role at the RBNZ, advising on the implementation of NZ's newly introduced AML/CTF regime.

Ashley Kai Fong
NZ Police Financial Intelligence Unit

Ashley has been with the FIU since 1999 and headed the unit since 2001. He is a well known figure in NZ's AML/CTF landscape. He has previously been the Chair of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering Typologies Working Group and the Oceania representative on the management committee of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (Global group of 116 Financial Intelligence Units).