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Top 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions – Property Market
- February 1, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog, News
No CommentsBy Caroline Walters – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Top 5 Most Frequently Asked Questions – Property Market Anti-money laundering (AML) expert Caroline Walters answers the top five most frequently asked questions put to FCS Compliance in 2022 for the property market: 1 What is needed to prove source of funds? With regards to proof
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HMRC Interventions: An Ounce of Prevention, is Worth a Pound of Cure
- February 1, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog, News
By Rena Neville – Lead AML Consultants, FCS Compliance Art Division HMRC Interventions: An Ounce of Prevention, is Worth a Pound of Cure Queries are on the rise from Art Market Practitioners (AMPs) to the FCS Compliance Art Division hotline regarding how to respond to Intervention notices received from HMRC. As part of HMRC’s supervisory
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Suspicious Activity Reports and Why They Are Important
- February 1, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog, News
By Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Suspicious Activity Reports and Why They Are Important People are still getting it wrong. I was recently contacted by an estate agent wanting advice on how to deal with a client who was reluctant to supply proof of funds. The underlying question was whether this merited filing
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Meet Rachel Houston – AML Consultant, FCS Compliance
- January 4, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
Find out more about the AML experts at FCS. In this interview, FCS PR Director, Alison Blease introduces you to Rachel Houston… Today’s interview is with Rachel Houston, an AML consultant with FCS Compliance. Hi Rachel I’m really looking forward to our chat today and learning more about your background and your role within FCS.
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Keeping your AML housekeeping up-to-date
- October 18, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
By Malcolm Driscoll and Caroline Walters, Lead and Senior AML Consultants, FCS Compliance Keeping your AML housekeeping up-to-date Policies and Procedures (P&P) & Risk Assessment/Training ongoing monitoring by senior staff and/or MLRO It’s important to keep on top of your anti-money laundering (AML) housekeeping. And it’s not just us saying this but HMRC too. The
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Understanding the intricacies of the updated art guidance on Anti-Money Laundering
- October 18, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
By Rena Neville and Paula Trommel – Lead and Senior AML Consultants, FCS Compliance Art Division – September 2022 The original 2020 art market UK Government and British Art Market Federation Guidance was an heroic effort to apply Money Laundering Regulations, initially designed for banks and financial institutions, to the weird and wonderfully unique art market.
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Meet Suzanne White – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance
- October 17, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
Find out more about the AML experts at FCS. In this interview, FCS PR Director, Alison Blease introduces you to Suzanne White… Hello, today I’m with Suzanne White who is a senior AML consultant with FCS Compliance to learn a little more about her background and her role within FCS. Welcome! Hi there Alison! You’ve
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Meet Rena Neville – Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance, Art Division
- October 17, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
Find out more about the AML experts at FCS. In this interview, FCS PR Director, Alison Blease introduces you to Rena Neville… I’m here today with Rena Neville, who recently joined FCS as a Lead AML Consultant for the newly established FCS Compliance – Art Division. Can we start at the beginning how did it
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Art Market Event Dates for the Diary: September – December 2022
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
Art Market Event Dates for the Diary: September – December 2022Provided by: Rena Neville – Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Art Division and Paula Trommel – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Art Division There are so many wonderful initiatives and events that it would be impossible to add them all, but here are just a
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Ask The Expert: UK Art Market – BAMF Updates AML Guidance
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog, News
Ask The Expert: UK Art Market - BAMF Updates AML Guidance (approved by Her Majesty’s Treasury)Rena Neville – Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Art DivisionPaula Trommel – Senior AML Consultant, FCS Compliance Art Division UK Art Market - BAMF Updates AML Guidance (approved by Her Majesty’s Treasury) On 30 June 2022, the British Art Market