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PIMFA Winter Journal – Natalie Dowling

01.04.24 This is my recent article for the PIMFA – Personal Investment Management & Financial Advice Association Winter Journal, about the recent IRS changes for FATCA and reporting accounts without a TIN. It is definitely the season for TIN talk – if you are having any difficulties with applying the new codes from the IRS, […]

Proposted Amendments to the FCAs PEP Guidance 2024

In September, we shared our 𝗣𝗘𝗣 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 on 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗣𝗘𝗣𝘀), and as promised, we’ll continue providing insightful updates on this topic and much more. Here’s a reminder about the proposed amendments to the FCA’s PEP guidance, with the consultation period closing on 18th October 2024. Stay tuned for more updates on this and […]

Understanding Politically Exposed Persons (PEPS)

06.09.24   After the U.K Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published findings showing that the financial services are implementing its guidance on politically exposed persons (PEPs) related to anti-money laundering (AML) inconsistently our junior KYC analysts, who are mentored by our SMEs, looked at why PEPs are important and will be running an insightful series on […]