Seminar
EU Financial Services Law: How Financial
Institutions Meet Internal Governance and
Risk Management Requirements?
Luxembourg, 9-10 November 2015
European Institute of Public AdministrationEuropean Centre for Judges and Lawyers
Seminar Venue Building of the Chambre des Métiers 2 Circuit de la Foire Internationale Room 0.1, ground floor 1347 Luxembourg
Target group
Representatives of regulatory and supervisory authorities in the financial services sector; professionals from financial institutions who are in charge of legal and compliance functions; regulatory affairs managers in business and professional associations; academics and other professionals with an interest in governance rules.
Description
This seminar will bring together the representatives of supervisory authorities and the banking industry to exchange on their practices in relation to the application of internal governance rules in financial institutions. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss supervisory practices adopted by supervisors as well as governance arrangements followed by the industry to satisfy the requirements of the supervisors. Hereby, workshops and case studies will enable participants to gain insight into practical problems faced by companies and different solutions adopted to overcome these problems. Finally, the seminar should serve as a platform for best practice exchange as well as for the discussion about the legal impact of governance rules and challenges coming out from these rules for all actors involved.
Learning methodology
A balanced combination of presentations, case studies and discussion sessions. The seminar will follow an interactive method and offer participants a platform for questions and exchange with experts.
Objectives
This seminar aims to provide practical information on how to satisfy internal governance requirements for financial institutions. In addition, it should serve as a platform for exchange of experience and information-sharing regarding the challenges faced when implementing governance rules. The experts will discuss current requirements for internal governance policy in financial institutions, different responsibilities of control as well as practices to be implemented by compliance managers to guarantee sound risk management and control functions in their companies. In this context, experiences gained to date and the question of proper balance between exercising effective prudential regulation and promoting innovation in the financial sector will also be discussed.
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2015
08.45 Registration of participants
09.00 Welcome and introduction to the seminar
Alina Domaradzka, Lecturer and Seminar Leader,
EIPA Luxembourg
Module 1: Regulatory framework for internal governance and its implementation
1.1 How to Ensure Proper Implementation of Internal Governance Rules?
The first two morning sessions concern the regulatory framework for internal governance, supervisors’ requirements with regard to its implementation and industry’s approach to thereof.
09.15 Different responsibilities of control and
practices that need to be implemented
• Internal Governance: definition, benefits, consequences
• 3 lines of defense model
• Compliance function, Internal Audit and other control functions to guarantee an effective governance in their companies
• Different practices of control to ensure compliance with governance rules
Henrique Dominguez, CCO – Chief Compliance
Officer, Banco BTG Pactual S.A., Luxembourg 10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 CSSF 12/522: Key internal governance and
risk management requirements for the industry and supervisors
• How supervisors interpret CSSF requirements? • Issues posing problems and supervisory practices so far
Gaston Colbach, Attaché de direction, Commission
de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), Luxembourg
12.15 Q&A session: How should the industry adapt
its practices to correctly apply the CSSF 12/522 requirements?
12.30 Lunch Break
13.45 Case study: A practical approach on how to
implement the CSSF 12/552
Henrique Dominguez
14.30 Coffee Break
Module 2: Implementing governance policy from a company perspective
1.2 Governance Issues for Boards of Directors, Managers and Key Persons in Control and Compliance Functions.
This afternoon session deals with governance tasks and functions from a business and company perspective. We will look at the invisible links between regulation and business structures.
15.00 Composition, competences and tasks of the
board of directors
• Governance and competences of the BoD • The involvement of BoDs in governance and implementation
• Similarities and differences between supervisory and business governance – control or management?
• The tasks, levels of detail and organisational issues in compliance
Leif Thomassen, CEO, LETregulering ApS,
Copenhagen, Denmark 16.00 Coffee Break
16.15 Workshop and discussion in plenary: What is
the ideal role of the BoD in governance?
• What is the experience with different board structures?
• The role of committees. Will more committees be an option in the BoD for improving implementation of regulatory issues?
• Challenges when setting the team of BoD
Leif Thomassen
17.00 End of the first seminar day followed by
reception
Programme
TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015
Module 3: Compliance policy and security for financial operations
1.3 How to Adopt an Efficient Compliance Policy?
During this morning session we will discuss how it is possible to integrate implementation of regulatory compliance and management instruments.
09.00 Best practices for adopting an efficient
compliance policy
• Central and secondary compliance policies • Adequate policies and processes
• How do companies implement their own single rule book?
• Governance of consumer affairs and the role of supervisory authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA)
Leif Thomassen
10.30 Coffee break
1.4 How to Ensure the Security for Operations? Key Risks Associated with Money Laundering and the Impact on the Bank’s Overall Risk Management.
11.00 The fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Directive: New anti-money laundering requirements
• Main money laundering methods, techniques and typologies
• The risk-based approach: operational, legal, and reputational risks with regard to money laundering and terrorist financing
• Potential legal problems: data protection issues and right to privacy
Virgil Ivan-Cucu, Senior Lecturer, EIPA Luxembourg
13.00 Lunch break
14.15 Case study: Obligations to report suspicious
transactions – the interface in terms of procedures and relationship between the activities of the actors involved in the AML/CFT system
Alina Domaradzka, Virgil Ivan-Cucu and participants
15.30 Evaluation and end of the seminar
Seminar venue
Building of the Chambre des Métiers 2 Circuit de la Foire Internationale Room 0.1, ground floor
1347 Luxembourg Tel: +352 426 230 1
Hotel reservations
The European Institute of Public Administration has negotiated prices with a number of selected hotels. All rates are including breakfast and tourist tax. You can find the complete list of hotels available here: http://www.eipa.nl/en/pages/display/&tid=256.
Kirchberg
• Hotel Novotel Kirchberg****, at the rate of €145, tel.: +352
49 00 11 44 44; fax: +352 26 48 05 57; e-mail: caroline.schons@ accor.com; booking page: http://businesstravel.accorhotels. com/fr/reservation/bookings.shtml (Customer code: SC0000 02048 – Contract No. 308506).
• Hotel Melia****, at the rate of €149, tel.: +352 27 33 32 02;
fax: + 352 27 33 39 99, e-mail: reservations.melia.luxembourg@ solmelia.com; thai.luong@melia.com; www.melia-luxembourg.com.
City Centre
• Hotel Parc Bellevue***, at the rate of €97, (Reservation code: EIPA). Tel.: +352 44 23 23 23 23; fax: +352 45 61 41 220; e-mail: reservation@goeres-group.com; www.goeres-group.com. Should you wish to make use of this possibility, please phone or fax the reservation department of the hotel on one of the above-mentioned numbers and mention the relevant reservation code. Payment is to be made directly and personally to the hotel on checking out.
Travel
When travelling by car, you may park your car in one of the car parks mentioned below:
• Parking P&R A, Circuit de la Foire internationale • Parking Auchan (entrance via rue Carlo Hemmer)
• Parking Chambre des Métiers, entrance via rue Alphonse Weicker (free of charge)
When travelling by train and/or bus, Bus lines 1 and 16, with departure every ten minutes, go in direction ‘Kirchberg’, and stop at Kirchberg, stop John F. Kennedy which is within 5 minutes walking distance from the Chambre des Métiers building, where EIPA Luxembourg’s premises are located.
When travelling by plane, Bus line 16 (Eurobus), links Findel Airport to the city centre and the station area, leaves every 10 minutes and stops at bus stop “John F. Kennedy 2”.
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Meals
Lunches on 9-10 November 2015 as well as the cocktail on 9 November 2015 have been organised at the foyer of the Chambre des Métiers. Should you require a special menu (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic) please inform the Programme Organiser so that this can be arranged.
Participation
The fee applicable to each activity is clearly indicated on the registration form. Unless otherwise stated on the registration form, the fee includes participation in the activity, lunches and beverages during the activity, documentation and participation in the reception/cocktail.
Travel and accommodation costs are at the expense of the participant or his/her administration.
Pre-payment of the fee is a condition for participation in an activity. Prior to the activity each participant will receive an invoice which can be paid by bank transfer or by credit card.
Registration
You may register through our website http://seminars.eipa.eu using the online registration form or by faxing or mailing the attached registration form duly completed.
Discounts
EIPA’s Civil Servants special discount
EIPA offers its members a discount of 10% off the registration fee for certain seminars and training courses. This discount is available to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s member countries and for officials working in the EU institutions.
If you are an official in the public administration (central or sub-national level) in one of EIPA’s member countries or an EU institution or agency, please tick the relevant box on the registration form when registering for a seminar or training course. You will then automatically receive an invoice for payment of the fee with the 10% discount applied.
Early registration discount
For this seminar, EIPA Luxembourg offers a €50 discount for all registrations received and paid before 5 October 2015.
Please note that discounts cannot be accumulated. It is clearly stated on EIPA’s website which seminars and training courses are eligible for the reductions. Full fees apply to all other seminars and training courses.
For more information, please visit EIPA’s website: http://seminars. eipa.eu (FAQ – special discounts).
Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed registration form.
Cancellation policy
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the seminar up to two weeks before the seminar starting date. In that case, received registration fees will be fully reimbursed. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, accommodation, etc.).
For administrative reasons, a fee of €150 will be charged for cancellations received after 26 October 2015. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.
The mention of a speaker’s name in the programme does not commit EIPA. In the event that an announced speaker does not appear, EIPA will do its utmost to find a suitable replacement.
EU Financial Services Law:
How Financial Institutions Meet Internal Governance and Risk Management Requirements? Luxembourg, 9-10 November 2015
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