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SUMMARY:Spring training sessions on May 24th as per the links below. - Toronto Eventbrite Tickets
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SUMMARY:Annual Fall Conference and AGM
DESCRIPTION:This full day training event will feature presentations by FINTRAC\, The Canadian Payments Association and high value AML educational pieces. All MSBs and related industries are encouraged to attend. \nClick here
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/annual-fall-conference-and-agm/
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SUMMARY:Notice of annual meeting of members  of canadian msb association
DESCRIPTION:NOTICE is hereby given that an annual meeting the members of CANADIAN MSB ASSOCIATION (the “Corporation”) will be held at Toronto Public Library – Toronto Reference Library\, 789 Yonge Street\, Appel Salon (Second Floor)\, Toronto\, Ontario\, on the 7th  day of November\, 2018\, at the hour of 8:00 a.m. (Toronto time) for the purpose of considering: \n\nReceive the annual financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended December 31\, 2017;\nElect directors;\nDispense with auditor/Public accountant; and\nTransacting such further and other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.\n\nDATED this 30th of October\, 2018. \n 
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/notice-of-annual-meeting-of-members-of-canadian-msb-association/
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SUMMARY:OSC Announces Roundtable on Derivatives Registration and Business Conduct Rules
DESCRIPTION:TORONTO –The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today announced that it will hold a roundtable to discuss stakeholder input on the CSA notices Proposed National Instrument 93-102 Derivatives: Registration and Proposed Companion Policy 93-102 Derivatives: Registration and Proposed National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct and Proposed Companion Policy 93-101 CP Derivatives: Business Conduct. \nThe roundtable will take place on September 20\, 2018\, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at The Globe and Mail Centre\, located at 351 King Street East in Toronto\, Ontario. \nThe event will feature panel discussions on the major policy proposals outlined in the notices. Panellists will be selected to reflect a diversity of roles and views. Representatives of banks\, pension funds and buy-side market participants have been invited. \nThe OSC will provide additional details\, including the agenda\, list of panellists and registration details in August 2018. \nThe mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair\, improper or fraudulent practices\, to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets\, and to contribute to the stability of the financial system and the reduction of systemic risk. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC investor materials available at http://www.osc.gov.on.ca.
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/osc-announces-roundtable-on-derivatives-registration-and-business-conduct-rules/
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SUMMARY:Time is running out to get your tickets for the CMSBA Spring Training!
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year again\, it’s the Spring Training Session and this year it is taking place in Toronto\, Montreal and Vancouver. Here is your chance to save $75 now on a regular priced ticket – don’t delay\, tickets for these events are going to go fast! \nCome to a training session\, and network with your peers\, find out what is new in the industry and learn new subjects that and help your business! Here is a list of the exciting things on the agenda for the CMSBA Spring Training. \nAgenda \n\n\n\n8:00 – 8:15\nRegistration and Breakfast\n\n\n8:15 – 8:45\nCMSBA Update\n\n\n8:45 – 9:45\nIs Orange the New Black?\n\n\n9:45 – 10:00\nCoffee Warm Up\n\n\n10:00 -11:00\nTechnology\n\n\n11:00 – 12:00\nPanel: Regulatory Update\n\n\n\nCMSBA Update\nMembership has value! Join Carinta Mannarelli\, Co-Chair of the Canadian MSB Association for a discussion regarding the value that the CMSBA membership offers. \nIs Orange The New Black?\nJoin Marc Lemieux (Legal Genius at Lemieux Legal Services) and Rodney MacInnes (AML Ninja from Outlier Solutions) as they discuss the Administrative Penalties and Criminal Prosecutions for Non-Compliant Behaviour. \nTechnology\nAre you still leaning on spreadsheets and manual ledgers? Join Mark Alocilja (Director of Operations at HD Remit) as he uncovers the many opportunities that emerging technologies can benefit MSBs. \nRegulatory Update\nThe CMSBA has been very active in their participation and feedback on several emerging issues. Join Rodney MacInnes (Outlier Solutions) and Marc Lemieux (Lemieux Legal Services) as we summarize the PCMLTF Act Review\, the Competition Bureau’s discussion paper\, the CPA Modernization Effort\, and the upcoming Retail Payment Framework and how each will impact (or could impact) MSBs. Packed with info\, this is a topic you won’t want to miss! \nTicket prices include refreshments\, as well as networking opportunities. \nClick here to purchase your tickets now for Vancouver! \nClick here to purchase your tickets now for Montreal! \nClick here to purchase your tickets now for Toronto! \nLooking forward to seeing you! \nThe CMSBA
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/time-is-running-out-to-get-your-tickets-for-the-cmsba-spring-training/
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SUMMARY:Time is running out to save money at the CMSBA Fall Conference!
DESCRIPTION:The CMSBA Fall Conference is coming!\nYour time to save money is running out!\n\n \n\nBook before mid on Friday night to save $100 on your ticket to the CMSBA Fall Conference in Toronto on October 18\, 2017. This is the definitive industry event and there will be interesting topics covered\, as well as a chance for individuals to showcase their companies. Take advantage of this chance to\nsave. \n\nThere are going to be some great topics covered including: \n\nNon Face to Face ID\nUnbanking and Banking Alternatives\nBeneficial Ownership\n\nDon’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to keep up to date with what is going on in the industry. Get your ticket now! \n\nRegister now
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:The CMSBA Spring Event is Here!! \n April 32nd at 27:00 JM to 31:00 JM \n Don’t miss this great event \n Topics will Include; \n Fintrac review of new legislation \n How to sell more forward contracts \n How to look good on cold calls \n Early Bird tickets are available at www.eventbrite.com (insert link) \n  \nMichael Smith\, Co-Chair                 Carinta Mannarelli\, Co-Chair
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SUMMARY:CMSBA SPRING TRAINING EVENT-MONTREAL - 30 June 2016
DESCRIPTION:Venue Details\nConcordia Universty\nJ.A De Seve Cinema Room\nMontreal\, QC H3G 1M8 \nProgram Details \n\n\n\n  8:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nRegistration/Breakfast\n\n\n  8:30 AM – 8:40 AM\nMSB Opening\n\n\n  8:40 AM – 9:10 AM\nFINTRAC Reporting and Examination Feedback – FINTRAC – Angelo Coppola\n\n\n  9:10 AM – 9:40 AM\nAgent Agreements : What You Need to Know – Outlier Solutions\, Miller Thomson – Amber Scott and Susan Han\n\n\n  9:40 AM – 10:10 AM\nImplementation of Risk Based Assessments Based on New FINTRAC Regulations – MNP – Matthew McGuire\n\n\n 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM\nBeyond Bitcoin : What are Blockchains and Why – Coin Culture Crypto Consulting – Zach Ramsay\n\n\n10:40 AM – 11:00 AM\nBreak\n\n\n11:00 AM – 11:20 AM\nVirtual Currencies\, MSBs and Quebec- AMF – Louis Letellier\n\n\n11:20 AM – 11:40 AM\nInternational Alliance of MSBs – Joseph Iuso\n\n\n11:40 AM – 11:55 AM\nCompliance Maturity Model Implementation (CMM) – Susan Han\n\n\n11:55 AM – 12:00 PM\nClosing & Prizes\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios\nJoseph Iuso – CEO\, UseMyServices \nThe visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology\, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online\, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC\, ISM\, IBM\, ACI (Astech)\, ING Direct\, Canadian Tire\, and Royal Bank. With this understanding\, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology. \nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions  \nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities. \nZach Ramsay – Founder & Chief \, Coin Culture Consulting \nZach’s first introduction to Bitcoin was during the 2013 Cyprus financial crisis as depositors sought a safe-haven from widespread bail-ins\, seeing the price triple in a matter of days. As a strong believer of sound money\, Zach immersed himself in this new technology. A year later\, Coin Culture was born and Guelph’s first Bitcoin ATM was launched. Since then\, the infrastructure underlying the Bitcoin network has grown considerably although mainstream adoption has lagged behind. Indeed\, it has become clear that blockchains will be the workhorses of the new digital economy\, while the Bitcoin protocol may end up as a hidden monetization layer for the internet. Consequently\, Coin Culture’s focus shifted from promoting Bitcoin adoption to building blockchains and providing consulting and software services surrounding their implementation. \nZach completed a B.Sc. in Neuroscience at the University of Guelph and was on track for graduate work. But after becoming disenchanted with the academic and publishing system\, his focus shifted to financial services. In addition to Bitcoin and blockchain consulting\, Zach is currently seeking CAMS certification and is working on innovative compliance software. \nSusan Han – Associate Counsel\, Miller Thomson LLP \nSusan Han is a securities lawyer who focusses on regulatory compliance including AML.  Susan’s works at AUM Law\, who has offices in Toronto and Montreal serving clients in the investment funds\, wealth management and retail financial services industries. \nSusan has served as the Corporate Secretary to a number of public companies and large investment fund complexes and their independent review committees (IRCs).  She speaks frequently on directors and officers liability and on corporate\, fund and pension governance. \nBefore joining AUM Law\, Susan worked at Miller Thomson\, Dundee Wealth and Invesco Trimark. \nMatthew McGuire – National Anti-Money Laundering Practice Leader\, MNP \nMatthew McGuire\, CA\, is the National Leader of MNP’s AML Services line\, part of the firm’s Investigative & Forensic Services practice. His invaluable expertise and knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance ensures that clients effectively stay abreast of regulatory developments and manage risk through business processes and internal controls. \nAs founder of the Canadian Institute for Financial Crime Analysis (CIFCA)\, Matthew utilizes his private and public regulatory and investigative experience to assist clients with AML compliance and financial crime risk mitigation strategies\, with a focus on federally regulated financial institutions\, emerging payment technologies\, and credit unions. His extensive background in strategic and tactical intelligence analysis for the Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) affords him a unique perspective that allows Canadian and international clients to safely achieve success in today’s tightly regulated business climate. \nMatthew has been qualified as an expert witness by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice\, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)\, and is accredited as an Anti-Money Laundering Professional by the Bank Administration Institute. \nDedicated to all issues related to AML\, Matthew regularly speaks to reporting entities\, law enforcement\, and prosecutorial authorities. He also shares his knowledge through university lectures\, conferences\, and contributes articles to periodicals. His expertise in forensic accounting has involved him in several investigative cases throughout the world. \nLouis Letellier – Director Public Contracts and Money Services-Businesses\, AMF \nLouis Letellier is Director Public Contracts and Money Services-Businesses at the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). He supervises the teams responsible for the issuance of authorizations to enterprises that wish to enter into a contract with a public body and the issuance of licences to enterprises that want to operate a money-services business in Quebec. \nPrior to joining the AMF in 2009\, Mr. Letellier occupied the position of Senior Counsel (business and transactions) at Desjardins Financial Security\, where he negotiated several important contracts. \nMr. Letellier holds a master degree in taxation from the University of Sherbrooke. He previously worked as a tax specialist for PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Mr. Letellier holds a law degree from Laval University (LL.B.) and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1998. \nAngelo Coppola – Regional Compliance Manager\, Eastern Canada\, FINTRAC \nAngelo began his career with the federal public service in 1991 when he joined Revenue Canada (now known as the Canada Revenue Agency) as a Tax Collector – Complex Files. In 1997\, he joined Health Canada’s Tobacco Control Programme as a Senior Tobacco Inspector before joining FINTRAC in 2007 as a Senior Compliance Officer. In this role\, Angelo has conducted compliance examinations in all of the industry sectors covered under theProceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Terrorist Financing Act. In 2011\, he was named the Regional Compliance Manager for FINTRAC’s Eastern Regional Office. Angelo has a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University and an MBA from McGill University.
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/cmsba-spring-training-event-montreal-30-june-2016/
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SUMMARY:2016 CMSBA Spring Training - Toronto
DESCRIPTION:This year’s action packed sessions will include: \n\nFinancial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Update.\nTerrorism:  Trends\, Typologies and What MSBs Should be Looking For Now…\nMore Money\, More Problems: MSBs and Foreign Investment In Canadian Real Estate.\nNavigating the MSB Banking Crisis: How are MSBs banking without the bank?\n\nWhile these training sessions are focused on Canadian money services businesses (MSBs)\, all are welcome. \nTickets are on sale now! \nSchedule:  \n\n\n\nWhat’s Happening\nTime\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n08am-08:30\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n08:30-08:45\n\n\nEffectiveness Reviews: Trends & Tips from Grant Thornton\n08:45-09:30\n\n\nMore Money\, More Problems: MSBs and Foreign Investment In Canadian Real Estate\n09:30-10:15\n\n\nVendor Spotlight: Inkas\n10:15-10:20\n\n\nBreak\n10:20-10:35\n\n\nNavigating the MSB Banking Crisis: How are MSBs banking without the bank?\n10:35-11:20\n\n\nTerrorism:  Trends\, Typologies and What MSBs Should be Looking For Now…\n11:20-11:55\n\n\nClosing Remarks\n11:55-12:00\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions\nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities.\n[/two_third][/row_fluid] \n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nCarinta Mannarelli\, President\, Global Currency Services Inc.\nCarinta Mannarelli founded  Global Currency Services Inc. in the year 2000.  In her role as president\, she has been honoured with several awards and recognitions including Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2002 (Guelph Business Enterprise Centre)\, has been nominated for the YMCA’s Women of Distinction award\,  has received several Employers awards and has been listed on Canada’s Top 100 Female Business Owners numerous times (published by Profit Magazine).\n[/two_third][/row_fluid] \n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nDr. Vanessa Iafolla\, (Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism\, Security and Society (TSAS) & University of Alberta)\nVanessa Iafolla is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta. Her work examines social and legal dimensions of economic activity and personal finance. She is particularlyinterested in financial risk management practices. Vanessa has conducting research into the detection of money laundering and terrorist financing in retail banking\, and into the sociolegal dimensions of financial literacy and kinship caregiving. She is currently researching the detection of terrorist financing in Alberta and British Columbia real estate markets\, funded by the Terrorism\, Security\, and Society Network (TSAS) and is collecting data on aftermarket lending practices in Toronto.\n[/two_third][/row_fluid]
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SUMMARY:2016 CMSBA Spring Training - Montreal
DESCRIPTION:Apr 20\, 2016 \nThis year’s action packed sessions will include: \n\nFinancial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Update.\nTerrorism: Trends\, Typologies and What MSBs Should be Looking For Now…\nMore Money\, More Problems: MSBs and Foreign Investment In Canadian Real Estate.\nNavigating the MSB Banking Crisis: How are MSBs banking without the bank?\n\nWhile these training sessions are focused on Canadian money services businesses (MSBs)\, all are welcome. \nTickets are on sale now! \nSchedule: \n  \n\n\n\nWhat’s Happening\nTime\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n08am-08:30\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n08:30-08:45\n\n\nEffectiveness Reviews: Trends & Tips from Grant Thornton\n08:45-09:30\n\n\nMore Money\, More Problems: MSBs and Foreign Investment In Canadian Real Estate\n09:30-10:15\n\n\nVendor Spotlight: Inkas\n10:15-10:20\n\n\nBreak\n10:20-10:35\n\n\nNavigating the MSB Banking Crisis: How are MSBs banking without the bank?\n10:35-11:20\n\n\nTerrorism:  Trends\, Typologies and What MSBs Should be Looking For Now…\n11:20-11:55\n\n\nClosing Remarks\n11:55-12:00\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions\nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities.\n[/two_third][/row_fluid] \n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nCarinta Mannarelli\, President\, Global Currency Services Inc.\nCarinta Mannarelli founded Global Currency Services Inc. in the year 2000. In her role as president\, she has been honoured with several awards and recognitions including Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2002 (Guelph Business Enterprise Centre)\, has been nominated for the YMCA’s Women of Distinction award\, has received several Employers awards and has been listed on Canada’s Top 100 Female Business Owners numerous times (published by Profit Magazine).\n[/two_third][/row_fluid] \n[row_fluid][one_third][/one_third][two_third] \nDr. Vanessa Iafolla\, (Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism\, Security and Society (TSAS) & University of Alberta)\nVanessa Iafolla is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta. Her work examines social and legal dimensions of economic activity and personal finance. She is particularlyinterested in financial risk management practices. Vanessa has conducting research into the detection of money laundering and terrorist financing in retail banking\, and into the sociolegal dimensions of financial literacy and kinship caregiving. She is currently researching the detection of terrorist financing in Alberta and British Columbia real estate markets\, funded by the Terrorism\, Security\, and Society Network (TSAS) and is collecting data on aftermarket lending practices in Toronto.\n[/two_third][/row_fluid]
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/2016-cmsba-spring-training-montreal/
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SUMMARY:2016 CMSBA Spring Training - Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:This year’s action packed sessions will include: \n\nFinancial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Update.\nTerrorism:  Trends\, Typologies and What MSBs Should be Looking For Now…\nMore Money\, More Problems: MSBs and Foreign Investment In Canadian Real Estate.\nNavigating the MSB Banking Crisis: How are MSBs banking without the bank?\n\nWhile these training sessions are focused on Canadian money services businesses (MSBs)\, all are welcome. \nTickets are on sale now! \nTickets are on sale now at http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/canadian-msb-association-cmsba-8202541661
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/2016-cmsba-spring-training-vancouver/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151021T073000
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SUMMARY:CMSBA Conference 2015
DESCRIPTION:Oct 21\, 2015 \nJoin us for the CMSBA 3rd Annual Conference on October 21st\, 2015. \nSPONSORED BY: \n\nLOCATION: \n\n \nThe Bram & Bluma Appel Salon\n789 Yonge Street\, Toronto\nFor directions\, check out a map of the facility! \n\n  \n  \n  \nSCHEDULE: \n  \n\n\n\nTime\nSpeaker\nTopic\n\n\n07:30-8:30\nBreakfast sponsored by Afex\n\n\n08:30-08:40\nOpening Remarks: Joseph Iuso\, President\, CMSBA\n\n\n08:40-9:25\nLisa Wallace (FINTRAC)\nFINTRAC Update\n\n\n9:25-9:30\nVendor Spotlight\nInkas\n\n\n9:30-10:15\nJennifer Fiddian-Green (Grant Thornton)\nGrant Thornton Compliance Survey Results & Risk Assessment Deep Dive\n\n\n10:15-10:25\nVendor Spotlight\nSecurefact Transaction Services Inc.\n\n\n10:25-10:45\nNetworking/Vendor Break sponsored by Monex\n\n\n10:45-10:55\nVendor Spotlight\nYodaforex\n\n\n10:55-11:40\nLauran Barkley-McKenna (Ministry of Transportation) Wallace Kennedy (RCMP)\nRecognizing Counterfeit and Altered Identification Documents (ID)\n\n\n11:40-11:45\nVendor Spotlight\nInkas\n\n\n11:45-12:45\nLunch Sponsorship Available!\n\n\n12:45-13:30\nNathan Dayler (Computer Cyber Crimes Section\, Intelligence Services\, Toronto Police Service)\, Abubakar Khan (Director\, Toronto Regional Office\, Office of the Privacy Commissioner)\nSecurity\, Cybercrime & Privacy\n\n\n13:30-13:40\nVendor Spotlight\nClear View Systems Ltd.\n\n\n13:40-14:25\nMSB Banking Super Panel moderated by Marc Lemieux (Lemiuex Legal Services)\, Karene Lewis (Luminus Financial)\, Andrew MacLean (Luminus Financial)\, H.W. (Bill) George (RBC Royal Bank)\, TBC (BMO)\nMSB Banking Challenges & Insights Super Panel\n\n\n14:25-14:30\nVendor Spotlight\nInkas\n\n\n14:30-14:50\nNetworking/Vendor Break sponsored by AUM Law\n\n\n14:50-15:35\nRobert Osbourne (Grant Thornton) & Karen Bannon (Cambridge Mercantile Group)\nFINTRAC Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Reporting\n\n\n15:35-15:45\nVendor Spotlight\nPayment Source Inc.\n\n\n15:45-16:30\nJason Beitchman (Rayman Beitchman LLP)\nFINTRAC Compliance Proceedings and Appeals\n\n\n16:30-16:40\nVendor Spotlight\nKYC2020 LLC\n\n\n16:40:17:25\nZach Ramsay (CoinCuture/Eris Industries)\nBitcoin Today\, Blockchains Tomorrow\n\n\n17:25-17:35\nClosing Remarks: Jennifer Egelnick (MNP LLP) & Amber D. Scott (Outlier Solutions Inc.)\n\n\n17:35-19:30\nPost Conference Networking & Refreshments Sponsorship Available!
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/cmsba-conference-2015/
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SUMMARY:RCMP: FAKE IDS AND COUNTERFEIT MONEY
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is designed to help you and your company prepare for the PAN AM Games. Two specialists will speak on: \n\nThe role of the Bank of Canada in the area of currency\nDeliver information on the counterfeiting situation in Canada and Ontario\nDiscussed in detail the security features on Canadian and US money\nTips and techniques on how to protect yourselves and your businesses from counterfeit losses will be provided.\n\nThis is a must attend session for MSBs that deal with cash during the PAN AM games in July 10-26\, 2015. \nPlease register even though the event is FREE. There are only 100 spots available and it is on a first-come\, first-served basis. Maximum 3 people per company. \nLocation:\nOntario Institute for Studies in Education\, Room 2212\n252 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, ON M5S 1V6 \nTime: June 16th\, 2015 from 9:30 AM to 12 PM\nSchedule:\n9:30 – 10:00 – Registration & Networking\n10:00 – 12:00 – Presentation \nGoogle Maps \nSpeakers’ Profile:\nManuel Parreira\, Senior Regional Representative (Currency)\nBank of Canada\, Ontario Regional Office \nManuel Parreira was appointed Senior Regional Representative for the Bank of Canada’s Ontario Regional Office in July 2007. In this capacity\, he promotes the Bank across Ontario and delivers its products and services to key stakeholders. He builds and maintains relationships with financial and business communities\, law enforcement\, government agencies\, educational institutions and the general public\, who have a vested interest in currency. In co-operation with private sector partners\, he is responsible for overseeing and monitoring the Bank Note Distribution System. He is also involved in the Regional Office’s outreach program\, aimed at explaining the Bank’s activities to the public\, including a program to increase public awareness of the anti-counterfeiting features of Canadian bank notes. In his 34 years of service with the Bank\, Mr. Parreira’s experience has focused specifically with the Currency function. \nDevon Jones\, Provincial Counterfeit Coordinator\nRCMP \nEvent Sponsor:\n \n 
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/rcmp-fake-ids-and-counterfeit-money/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150429T120000
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SUMMARY:CMSBA SPRING TRAINING EVENT-TORONTO-29 APR 2015
DESCRIPTION:Venue Details\nSnell Hall and Library\, Cathedral Church of Saint James\n65 Church Street\nToronto\, ON M5C 2E9\n \nProgram Details\n \n\n\n\n  8:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nRegistration/Breakfast\n\n\n  8:30 AM – 8:40 AM\nMSB Opening\n\n\n  8:40 AM – 9:25 AM\nFINTRAC Reporting and Examination Feedback – FINTRAC – Lisa Douglas\n\n\n  9:25 AM – 9:55 AM\nDe-Risking/Banking – Luminus Financial – George De La Rosa\n\n\n  9:55 AM – 10:25 AM\nAgent Agreements : What You Need to Know – Outlier Solutions\, AUM Law – Amber Scott and Susan Han\n\n\n10:25 AM – 10:55 AM\nBreak\n\n\n10:55 AM – 11:15 AM\nInternational Alliance of MSBs – Ken Saul\n\n\n11:15 AM – 11:45 AM\nCompliance Maturity Model Implementation (CMM) – James Mackenzie and Susan Han\n\n\n11:45 AM – 12:00 PM\nClosing & Prizes\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bios\nJoseph Iuso – CEO\, UseMyServices\nThe visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology\, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online\, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC\, ISM\, IBM\, ACI (Astech)\, ING Direct\, Canadian Tire\, and Royal Bank. With this understanding\, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology. \n\nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions\nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities. \nGeorge De La Rosa\, BComm\, FCUIC – Luminus Financial\n Mr. De La Rosa has over 20 years of experience in the Credit Union system\, and has held various positions.  Currently he serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Luminus Financial\, a position he has held since 2005.  He has the distinction of becoming one of the youngest Credit Union CEOs\, whose leadership helped the company receive the prestigious International Image Enhancement Award from the Credit Union Executive Society and whose vision has grown the credit union’s assets by over 300%. \nMr. De La Rosa received his Bachelor of Commerce – Business Management and Marketing Management with a minor in Human Resources from Ryerson University\, in Toronto\, Canada\, and following this\, he pursued his Fellowship with the Credit Union Institution of Canada through Dalhousie University. His commitment to the credit union system is further demonstrated by actively being involved as a board of director for the Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation\, the Credit Union Services Association\, and The Advisory Council for Smaller Asset Sized Credit Unions. \nMr. De La Rosa is fluent in both English and Spanish. \nSusan Han – Senior Legal Counsel\, AUM Law\n\nSusan Han is a securities lawyer who focusses on regulatory compliance including AML.  Susan’s works at AUM Law\, who has offices in Toronto and Montreal serving clients in the investment funds\, wealth management and retail financial services industries. \nSusan has served as the Corporate Secretary to a number of public companies and large investment fund complexes and their independent review committees (IRCs).  She speaks frequently on directors and officers liability and on corporate\, fund and pension governance. \nBefore joining AUM Law\, Susan worked at Miller Thomson\, Dundee Wealth and Invesco Trimark. \nJames MacKenzie – Independent Consultant\nJames is an independent consultant\, specializing in Anti-money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing.  A certified anti-money laundering specialist with over 15 years experience in the Financial Services Industry\, James has previously worked at MNP\, Fidelity Investments and the Law Society of Upper Canada. \nSpecialising in the field of Money Service Business compliance and regulation.  He is a Director and founding board member of the Canadian Money Services Business Association.  He has helped over 50 MSBs and other reporting entities design and enhance their compliance regimes and has successfully contributed to reducing FINTRAC administrative monetary penalties by hundreds of thousands of dollars.  He also works closely with Canada’s top emerging currency focused Law Practices and is designing cutting edge compliance and risk based frameworks to address digital and virtual currencies. \nJames is delighted to have the opportunity to apply his skills and passion to a worthy pursuit that contributes to the legitimate Canadian and global economy. He is also fully bilingual (English and French) and conversant in Spanish. \nLisa Douglas – Regional Compliance Manager\, FINTRAC\nLisa Douglas has over 17 years of experience in anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing. Currently\, Lisa is a Regional Compliance Manager for the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and has been for over 12 years. This role includes acting as a Case Manager for compliance examinations in order to ensure the appropriate oversight of major reporting entities. Lisa also leads compliance promotion and enforcement activities involving large and complex reporting entities\, including MSBs. \nLisa came to FINTRAC from a large international MSB where she spent ten years in a variety of roles in both front and back office operations\, including her final position as the Director of Regulatory Affairs.  Her responsibilities included the administration of the company Anti-Money Laundering Program and the establishment of the Corporate Privacy Program. \nKen Saul – Chief AML Officer – Canada\, Globle Foreign Exchange\, Inc.\nKenneth (“Ken”) H. Saul\, B.A. LL.B.\, CAMS is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and from 2002 to October 2013\, he served for nearly 11 years as General Counsel\, Chief Compliance & Regulatory Officer for the Cambridge Mercantile Group\, an MSB providing wholesale corporate/commercial global foreign currency exchange payments services and solutions. \nCommencing in mid-October\, 2013\, he retired from Cambridge and is now currently working at Globle Foreign Exchange Inc\, as the Canadian Chief AML Officer. Globle is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans Fast Remmittance LLC. \nIn October 2002\, he began serving as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to a NASDAQ-listed company with multiple US and Canadian locations\, and was appointed General Counsel and Chief Compliance & Regulatory Officer at Cambridge in December 2002. \nKen holds a ‘Teacher of Adults’ diploma from Centennial College.  He completed the Canadian Securities Course in 1998 and is a Professional Member and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (“ACAMS”).  He is a founding member and Co-Secretary of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Chapter of ACAMS\, and is an associate Board Member and strong supporter of the Canadian Money Services Businesses Association\, and of the MSB sector generally.
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/cmsba-spring-training-event-toronto-29-apr-2015/
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SUMMARY:CMSBA SPRING TRAINING EVENT-MONTREAL-21 APR 2015
DESCRIPTION:Venue Details\nConcordia Universty\nJ.A De Seve Cinema Room\nMontreal\, QC H3G 1M8\n \nProgram Details \n\n\n\n  8:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nRegistration/Breakfast\n\n\n  8:30 AM – 8:40 AM\nMSB Opening\n\n\n  8:40 AM – 9:10 AM\nFINTRAC Reporting and Examination Feedback – FINTRAC – Angelo Coppola\n\n\n  9:10 AM – 9:40 AM\nAgent Agreements : What You Need to Know – Outlier Solutions\, Miller Thomson – Amber Scott and Susan Han\n\n\n  9:40 AM – 10:10 AM\nImplementation of Risk Based Assessments Based on New FINTRAC Regulations – MNP – Matthew McGuire\n\n\n 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM\nBeyond Bitcoin : What are Blockchains and Why – Coin Culture Crypto Consulting – Zach Ramsay\n\n\n10:40 AM – 11:00 AM\nBreak\n\n\n11:00 AM – 11:20 AM\nVirtual Currencies\, MSBs and Quebec- AMF – Louis Letellier\n\n\n11:20 AM – 11:40 AM\nInternational Alliance of MSBs – Joseph Iuso\n\n\n11:40 AM – 11:55 AM\nCompliance Maturity Model Implementation (CMM) – Susan Han\n\n\n11:55 AM – 12:00 PM\nClosing & Prizes\n\n\n\n  \nEvent Sponsor\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bios\n\nJoseph Iuso – CEO\, UseMyServices\nThe visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology\, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online\, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC\, ISM\, IBM\, ACI (Astech)\, ING Direct\, Canadian Tire\, and Royal Bank. With this understanding\, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology. \n \nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions \nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities. \nZach Ramsay – Founder & Chief \, Coin Culture Consulting\nZach’s first introduction to Bitcoin was during the 2013 Cyprus financial crisis as depositors sought a safe-haven from widespread bail-ins\, seeing the price triple in a matter of days. As a strong believer of sound money\, Zach immersed himself in this new technology. A year later\, Coin Culture was born and Guelph’s first Bitcoin ATM was launched. Since then\, the infrastructure underlying the Bitcoin network has grown considerably although mainstream adoption has lagged behind. Indeed\, it has become clear that blockchains will be the workhorses of the new digital economy\, while the Bitcoin protocol may end up as a hidden monetization layer for the internet. Consequently\, Coin Culture’s focus shifted from promoting Bitcoin adoption to building blockchains and providing consulting and software services surrounding their implementation. \nZach completed a B.Sc. in Neuroscience at the University of Guelph and was on track for graduate work. But after becoming disenchanted with the academic and publishing system\, his focus shifted to financial services. In addition to Bitcoin and blockchain consulting\, Zach is currently seeking CAMS certification and is working on innovative compliance software. \n\nSusan Han – Associate Counsel\, Miller Thomson LLP\nSusan Han is a securities lawyer who focusses on regulatory compliance including AML.  Susan’s works at AUM Law\, who has offices in Toronto and Montreal serving clients in the investment funds\, wealth management and retail financial services industries. \nSusan has served as the Corporate Secretary to a number of public companies and large investment fund complexes and their independent review committees (IRCs).  She speaks frequently on directors and officers liability and on corporate\, fund and pension governance. \nBefore joining AUM Law\, Susan worked at Miller Thomson\, Dundee Wealth and Invesco Trimark. \n\nMatthew McGuire – National Anti-Money Laundering Practice Leader\, MNP\nMatthew McGuire\, CA\, is the National Leader of MNP’s AML Services line\, part of the firm’s Investigative & Forensic Services practice. His invaluable expertise and knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance ensures that clients effectively stay abreast of regulatory developments and manage risk through business processes and internal controls. \nAs founder of the Canadian Institute for Financial Crime Analysis (CIFCA)\, Matthew utilizes his private and public regulatory and investigative experience to assist clients with AML compliance and financial crime risk mitigation strategies\, with a focus on federally regulated financial institutions\, emerging payment technologies\, and credit unions. His extensive background in strategic and tactical intelligence analysis for the Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) affords him a unique perspective that allows Canadian and international clients to safely achieve success in today’s tightly regulated business climate. \nMatthew has been qualified as an expert witness by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice\, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)\, and is accredited as an Anti-Money Laundering Professional by the Bank Administration Institute. \nDedicated to all issues related to AML\, Matthew regularly speaks to reporting entities\, law enforcement\, and prosecutorial authorities. He also shares his knowledge through university lectures\, conferences\, and contributes articles to periodicals. His expertise in forensic accounting has involved him in several investigative cases throughout the world. \nLouis Letellier – Director Public Contracts and Money Services-Businesses\, AMF\nLouis Letellier is Director Public Contracts and Money Services-Businesses at the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). He supervises the teams responsible for the issuance of authorizations to enterprises that wish to enter into a contract with a public body and the issuance of licences to enterprises that want to operate a money-services business in Quebec. \nPrior to joining the AMF in 2009\, Mr. Letellier occupied the position of Senior Counsel (business and transactions) at Desjardins Financial Security\, where he negotiated several important contracts. \nMr. Letellier holds a master degree in taxation from the University of Sherbrooke. He previously worked as a tax specialist for PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Mr. Letellier holds a law degree from Laval University (LL.B.) and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1998. \n\nAngelo Coppola – Regional Compliance Manager\, Eastern Canada\, FINTRAC\nAngelo began his career with the federal public service in 1991 when he joined Revenue Canada (now known as the Canada Revenue Agency) as a Tax Collector – Complex Files. In 1997\, he joined Health Canada’s Tobacco Control Programme as a Senior Tobacco Inspector before joining FINTRAC in 2007 as a Senior Compliance Officer. In this role\, Angelo has conducted compliance examinations in all of the industry sectors covered under theProceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Terrorist Financing Act. In 2011\, he was named the Regional Compliance Manager for FINTRAC’s Eastern Regional Office. Angelo has a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University and an MBA from McGill University.
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/cmsba-spring-training-event-montreal-21-apr-2015/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150414T080000
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SUMMARY:CMSBA SPRING TRAINING EVENT-VANCOUVER-14 APR 2015
DESCRIPTION:Venue Details\nUBC Robson Square\n800 Robson Street\, Room C.150\nVancouver\, BC V6Z 3B7 \nProgram Details \n\n\n\n\n  8:00 AM – 8:30 AM\nRegistration/Breakfast\n\n\n  8:30 AM – 8:40 AM\nMSB Opening\n\n\n  8:40 AM – 9:10 AM\nFINTRAC Reporting and Examination Feedback – FINTRAC – Peter Lee\n\n\n  9:10 AM – 9:55 AM\nImplementation of Risk Based Assessments Based on New FINTRAC Regulations – MNP – Hayley Labbé\n\n\n  9:55 AM – 10:40 AM\nThe Derisking and Debanking Debate – MNP – Hayley Labbé\n\n\n10:40 AM – 11:10 AM\nBreak\n\n\n11:10 AM – 11:30 AM\nInternational Association of MSBs – Joseph Iuso\n\n\n11:30 AM – 11:45 AM\nCompliance Maturity Model Implementation (CMM) – TBD\n\n\n11:45 AM – 12:00 PM\nClosing & Prizes\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker Bios\nJoseph Iuso – CEO\, UseMyServices\nThe visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology\, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online\, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC\, ISM\, IBM\, ACI (Astech)\, ING Direct\, Canadian Tire\, and Royal Bank. With this understanding\, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology. \n \nHayley Labbé – Senior Manager\, MNP LLP\nHayley Labbé is a Senior Manager\, in the Forensics and Investigations group of MNP LLP\, focusing on AML/ATF Advisory Services.  Hayley is ACAMS certified and a founding Board member of the ACAMS Vancouver Chapter.  Hayley is also a member of the Department of Finance’s Public/Private Sector Advisory Committee on AML/ATF. \nHayley has over 20 years of management expertise in the financial services industry with both money service business and banking experience at large global organizations.   Prior to joining MNP LLP Hayley was the Director of Compliance for Canada and the Caribbean for Western Union and has also served in various head office functions with the financial services sector including Acting Head of AML Compliance for Canada for a large Schedule II Bank. \n \nPeter Lee – A/Senior Compliance Officer\, Regional Operations and Compliance\, FINTRAC\nPeter began his career with the federal public service in 1986 when he joined Canada Customs (now known as the Canada Border Services Agency – CBSA) as a Customs Officer. In 1989\, he joined the Intelligence Division within the CBSA working in several Joint Forces Operations with the RCMP including the Organized Crime Agency and the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team.  After 28 years with the CBSA\, Peter joined FINTRAC and is currently acting as a Senior Compliance Officer for FINTRAC’s Western Regional Office. He has conducted compliance examinations in all of the sectors covered by the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Terrorist Financing Act. \n 
URL:https://www.canadianmsb.org/event/cmsba-spring-training-event-vancouver-14-apr-2015/
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SUMMARY:2014 CMSBA FALL CONFERENCE - TORONTO
DESCRIPTION:The Canadian MSB Association is holding its second annual conference on November 18th\, 2014. \nThe theme this year will be focused on the ‘how’ of what needs to be done: risk mitigation strategies\, training tools\, monitoring tools\, standard operating procedures\, the nuts and bolts of enhanced due diligence\, etc. \nVENDORS AND SPONSORS:\nOfficial Conference Sponsor:\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVendor Booths:\n  \n     \n  \nLunch Sponsor:\n \nBreak Sponsor:\n \nPost Conference Reception Sponsor:\n \nExclusive Media Partner:\n \nWebsite Sponsor:\n \nLOCATION:\n \nThe Bram & Bluma Appel Salon\n789 Yonge Street\, Toronto\nFor directions\, check out a map of the facility! \n  \nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\nTime\nMain Room\nSecond Room\n\n\n07:30-8:30\nRegistration/Breakfast\n\n\n08:30-08:45\nOpening remarks\nMain room only\n\n\n08:45-9:30\nFINTRAC: Evolution of Compliance: Examinations and Enhanced Effectiveness– Lisa Douglas\nMain room only\n\n\n9:30-10:15\nPanel: CDD & EDD (Matthew McGuire\, Naseer Syed\, Paul Burak\, Susan Han)\nEffective Risk Assessment – Garry Clement and Jennifer Fiddian-Green\n\n\n10:15-10:45\nBreak/Vendor networking \nSponsored by YorkFX\n\n\n10:45-11:30\nPanel: Transaction Monitoring (Joseph Iuso\, Adnan Ashraf)\nEffective Risk Assessment Part 2– Garry Clement and Jennifer Fiddian-Green\n\n\n11:30-12:45\nLunch \nSponsored by ACAMS\n\n\n12:45-13:30\nDigital Currency – Susan Han and Jillian Friedman\nMain room only\n\n\n13:30-14:15\nPanel: FINTRAC Exams- From Information Requests to AMPS (Amber Scott\, Tushar K. Pain\, Bruce McMeekin)\nAML/KYC on e-wallets and prepaid cards – Duane Tough\n\n\n14:15-15:00\nPanel: Cybersecurity  (Garry Clement)\nOTC Derivatives and Reporting – Greg Toczylowski\, Shaun Olson and Sina Akbari\n\n\n15:00-15:30\nBreak/Vendor networking\n\n\n15:30-16:15\nBarriers to Banking MSBs in Canada – Robert Osbourne\nMain room only\n\n\n16:15-16:25\nCanadian Federation of Independent Business – Karen Adams\nMain room only\n\n\n16:25-16:45\nClosing Remarks\nMain Room only\n\n\n17:00-18:30\nNetworking and Refreshments \nLocation: Toni Bulloni’s \n156 Cumberland St\, Toronto\, ON M5R 1A8\n\n\n\nPRESENTATION OUTLINES\n\nEVOLUTION OF COMPLIANCE: EXAMINATIONS AND ENHANCED EFFECTIVENESS\nLisa Douglas\nThe quality of financial transaction reports submitted to FINTRAC has a fundamental impact on the value of FINTRAC’s financial intelligence. FINTRAC’s Compliance Program is responsible for enabling and enforcing the reporting of high quality financial transaction reports as well as providing meaningful feedback and clear guidance in order to assist reporting entities in meeting their obligations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA). This presentation will focus on the assessments and expectations of the Regulator\, while outlining the assistance available for reporting entities. \nPANEL: CDD & EDD\nMatthew McGuire\, Naseer Syed\, Paul Burak and Susan Han\nMoney Service Businesses (MSBs) are obligated to perform client due diligence (CDD) on their clients whether as a result of a prescribed transaction or throughout the establishment of a business relationship.  In addition\, enhanced due diligence (EDD) is mandatory when the risk associated with a specific factor has been deemed high. The panel discussions will focus on when and how to perform CDD measures related to record keeping\, ascertaining identification and transaction monitoring for all client types including individuals\, corporations and charities. An overview of effective EDD measures will also be discussed to demonstrate the importance of aligning the EDD measures to the actual risk deemed to be high. The questions that regulators are asking include: What risks are present at this organization? Have they been rated appropriately? Has the risk be mitigated through effective EDD measures? While EDD measures are necessary for high risk areas\, the panel discussions will strive to provide examples of EDD measures that actual address and mitigate the high risk identified to satisfy regulator expectations. \n  \nPANEL: TRANSACTION MONITORING\nJoseph Iuso\, Adnan Ashraf\nTransaction Monitoring Systems (TMS) are used to identify suspicious transactions. They consist of different rules which trigger a response when transactions meet certain threshold or criteria. There are no set rules designed by the industry or FINTRAC\, although Financial Institutions (FI) are using them to monitor their transactions. Every business creates different rules based on business profiles or records of past transactions. It is a good tool to protect organizations from ML/TF. \nThis presentation will answer the following questions: \n\nWhat is a Transaction Monitoring System\nHow to monitor ongoing transactions\nHow to create rules based on a business profile\nHow this tool is helpful to mitigate ML/TF risk within  an organization\nHow this tool can help to identify suspicious transactions\nWhat technologies can be used to create TMS\n\n  \nEFFECTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT\nGarry Clement and Jennifer Fiddian-Green\nA need exists to demonstrate both a qualitative and quantitative Risk Assessment model which can be strengthened through technology.  Smaller MSBs also need to be able to evidence a model which ensures clients are rated effectively and efficiently based on the risk tolerance of the owner(s). The presentation will highlight the need for an effective risk methodology and introduce a model using Excel which can be adapted to any small MSB. \nSession will include an update and commentary on the latest regulatory changes and requirements\, emerging risk assessment expectations and a good detailed review of what is required in a Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing risk assessment to protect organizations. There are now a number of more significant fines levied by FINTRAC\, the regulator\, as well as increasing fines by the regulators in other nations. In some locations around the world\, individual persons are being held responsible for deficiencies and facing personal liability. Where are these increasing and more complex regulations taking us? Are we achieving the intended objectives? How is all of this helping in the fight to detect and prevent fraud and money laundering from occurring in the first place? Jennifer will provide an overview of these issues and lay out some of the considerable challenges now being faced by organizations and AML professionals. \n  \nBARRIERS TO BANKING MSBs IN CANADA\nRobert Osbourne\nThe goal of this session is to explore the present difficulty that MSBs have in obtaining and maintaining their banking relationships in Canada and to start to set the foundation for strength going forward.  It is planned that we will put together a panel of industry members\, bankers and other interested parties (currently being explored) to address this issue\, to be facilitated by Robert Osbourne\, formerly with RBC bank. The session will include an overview of the GRWG study and the results of the survey that have been published so far. It will also include a review of the General Principles and their relevance\, if any\, to finding solutions to the problems that MSBs have in obtaining banking.asdf \n  \nPANEL: FINTRAC EXAMS – FROM INFORMATION REQUESTS TO AMPS\nAmber D. Scott\, Tushar K. Pain and Bruce McMeekin\nIn this session we’ll take you through what to expect from a FINTRAC examination\, from the time that you’re contacted through to what to do if you’re facing potential penalties.  You’ll hear tips and tricks to help you put your best foot forward when you’re preparing your examination materials (including access to free resources).  We will help you understand what to expect in your regulator interactions\, and how to prepare your staff.  And while we hope that you’re not facing a potential penalty\, you’ll also benefit from hearing legal professionals with experience in handling appeals. \nAML/KYC ON E-WALLETS AND PREPAID CARDS\nDuane Tough\nThis presentation will discuss AML/KYC policies from program and platform inception to what to do\, what options there are\, and how they work\, along with who is using what third party services and platforms. Duane will talk about the top ten most common things that can go wrong\, what to do when they do and how to prevent them from happening. \nThe presentation will include vendor options\, program set up and launch requirements\, who uses and does what in the space currently\, what lies ahead in regulation and compliance in Canada and how to recognize ‘hot’ transactions and potential transactions. \n  \nPANEL: CYBERSECURITY\nGarry Clement\nGarry will examine current trends\, the world as it exists today relative to cyber-crime and its impact on financial organizations. The audience will be cognizant of current threats\, vulnerabilities and risks associated to cyber-crime. The audience will become familiar with various cyber activities and how hackers are winning. \n  \nOTC DERIVATIVES AND REPORTING\nGreg Toczylowski\, Shaun Olson and Sina Akbari\nOTC Derivatives Trade Reporting Rules (OSC Rule 91-506 Derivatives: Product Determination and OSC Rule 91-507 Trade Repositories and Derivatives Data Reporting). \nOntario Securities Commission (OSC) staff will summarize these new OSC rules on the reporting of certain OTC derivatives to a trade repository. This presentation will focus on how the rules apply to foreign exchange transactions. \n  \nDIGITAL CURRENCY\nSusan Han and Jillian Friedman\nThe Government of Canada has introduced legislation which will make persons dealing in digital currencies such as Bitcoins MSBs for purposes of AML regulation. \nThrough this presentation\, the audience will understand more about Bitcoin and the potential impact on regulation and on payments: “I’m an MSB\, what does Bitcoin (and Cryptocurrency in general) mean to my business”? \nSPEAKER BIOS\nJoseph Iuso – CEO\, UseMyServices\n\nThe visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology\, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online\, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC\, ISM\, IBM\, ACI (Astech)\, ING Direct\, Canadian Tire\, and Royal Bank. With this understanding\, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology. \n  \nJennifer Fiddian-Green – Partner\, Grant Thornton LLP\nJennifer is a partner with Grant Thornton LLP and leads the firm’s Forensic and Dispute Resolution practice as well as the National Anti-Money Laundering Services team.  Jennifer is a qualified investigation and forensic accountant and is an anti-money laundering (“AML”) specialist. \nJennifer has worked with different industry groups to determine the nature of transactions suspicious of money laundering and methods to identify and make determinations on these transactions. Jennifer has also assisted clients in determining the impact on operations and corporate governance of the legislation\, this has included identifying and understanding risks\, development of risk assessments and risk tolerance\, policy decisions\, development of procedures\, employee training and the implementation of compliance programs.  She participated in consultations with Canada’s Department of Finance and FINTRAC in regards to the development and interpretation of the regulations for the PCMLTFA and compliance expectations. \nJennifer regularly provides consulting and compliance program review services to financial organizations\, money services businesses\, securities dealers and other industries. \nJennifer was awarded the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario’s Award of Distinction in September 2006. \nMatthew McGuire – National Anti-Money Laundering Practice Leader\, MNP\nMatthew McGuire\, CA\, is the National Leader of MNP’s AML Services line\, part of the firm’s Investigative & Forensic Services practice. His invaluable expertise and knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) compliance ensures that clients effectively stay abreast of regulatory developments and manage risk through business processes and internal controls. \nAs founder of the Canadian Institute for Financial Crime Analysis (CIFCA)\, Matthew utilizes his private and public regulatory and investigative experience to assist clients with AML compliance and financial crime risk mitigation strategies\, with a focus on federally regulated financial institutions\, emerging payment technologies\, and credit unions. His extensive background in strategic and tactical intelligence analysis for the Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) affords him a unique perspective that allows Canadian and international clients to safely achieve success in today’s tightly regulated business climate. \nMatthew has been qualified as an expert witness by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice\, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)\, and is accredited as an Anti-Money Laundering Professional by the Bank Administration Institute. \nDedicated to all issues related to AML\, Matthew regularly speaks to reporting entities\, law enforcement\, and prosecutorial authorities. He also shares his knowledge through university lectures\, conferences\, and contributes articles to periodicals. His expertise in forensic accounting has involved him in several investigative cases throughout the world. \n\nLisa Douglas – Regional Compliance Manager\, FINTRAC\nLisa Douglas has over 17 years of experience in anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing. Currently\, Lisa is a Regional Compliance Manager for the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and has been for over 12 years. This role includes acting as a Case Manager for compliance examinations in order to ensure the appropriate oversight of major reporting entities. Lisa also leads compliance promotion and enforcement activities involving large and complex reporting entities\, including MSBs. \nLisa came to FINTRAC from a large international MSB where she spent ten years in a variety of roles in both front and back office operations\, including her final position as the Director of Regulatory Affairs.  Her responsibilities included the administration of the company Anti-Money Laundering Program and the establishment of the Corporate Privacy Program. \n\nNaseer Syed – Lawyer\, KSM Law\nNaseer (Irfan) Syed is a Business and Charities Lawyer and Trade-mark Agent at the law firm of Kutty\, Syed & Mohamed in Scarborough. \nIrfan advises a wide range of business clients from individual entrepreneurs and small businesses to public companies as well as money services businesses\, charities and not-for-profit organizations. He also manages litigation for his clients and mediates disputes. In addition he and his firm provide specialized legal assistance to individuals and organizations on national-security related matters\, including investigations by CSIS and RCMP. \nIrfan is currently a member of the Executive of the Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section of both the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association. \n  \nPaul Burak – Manager-Anti Money Laundering\, MNP\n\nPaul has over six years’ experience with the Financial Transactions & Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) conducting compliance examinations and training compliance examiners.  Those examinations included the evaluation of the policies and procedures\, risk assessments\, effectiveness reviews\, record keeping\, ascertaining identification and transaction reporting for all manners of reporting entities.  Industries within which Paul has an AML compliance expertise include banks\, credit unions\, money service businesses\, dealers in precious metals and stones\, casinos\, securities dealers and real estate.  While at FINTRAC Paul was instrumental in developing and implementing a compliance enforcement strategy that is as transparent and consistent as can be for any organization spread out across the country. \nSince joining MNP in 2013\, Paul has assisted clients with developing tailored compliance programs and has guided them through regulator enforcement actions including compliance examinations and administrative monetary penalties (AMPs).  By applying standards above the legislative minimums\, established through hundreds of compliance exams Paul’s effectiveness reviews yield valuable results and ensure organizations stay ahead of the enforcement curve.  Possessing an in-depth understanding of Canadian anti-money laundering compliance\, Paul continues to assist clients in navigating the regulatory waters by interpreting legislative obligations and developing compliant business processes. \n  \nSusan Han – Associate Counsel\, Miller Thomson LLP\nSusan Han is a securities lawyer with Miller Thomson LLP in Toronto. Susan advises portfolio managers\, investment advisers\, securities dealers\, exempt market dealers and other financial services providers on their regulatory obligations\, including securities compliance and registration matters. She has extensive experience dealing with investment funds\, including public mutual funds and private pooled funds. Susan’s compliance and regulatory practice includes advising clients on anti-money laundering\, fiduciary and statutory obligations of investment managers\, codes of ethics and personal trading\, foreign corrupt practices\, privacy\, data security and data management\, anti-spam legislation and compliance with U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). \nSusan has served as the Corporate Secretary to a number of public companies and large investment fund complexes and their independent review committees (IRCs).  She speaks frequently on directors and officers liability and on corporate\, fund and pension governance. \nBefore joining Miller Thomson\, Susan was Senior Vice-President responsible for Legal\, Compliance & Risk Management\, Dundee Wealth and before that\, General Counsel\, Canada for Invesco Trimark. \nJillian Friedman – Lawyer\nJillian Friedman is a member of the Quebec bar whose commercial law practice serves the e-commerce\, technology and start up industry. She obtained an LL.B. and J.D. from Université de Montréal and holds a B.A. from McGill University. She is currently pursuing a Masters in IT Law. Prior to setting up her own practice\, Jillian worked at a national law firm in the domain of financial services and corporate law. \nJillian is considered an expert on crypto-currency law in Canada. She has testified before the Senate Committee on Banking\, Trade and Commerce on the legal implications of digital currency in the context of the Senate’s study on digital currency. Jillian has also spoken about consumer law and crypto-currency at conferences in Montreal\, Toronto and Amsterdam. She is the author of a number of publications\,including an article in the Supreme Court Law Review. She is the co-author of an upcoming book on the law of bitcoin\, edits and publishes a blog called bitcoinlegal.ca and has been featured in a number of media outlets including the Huffington Post\, Canadian Lawyer and the National. She also acts as counsel to the Bitcoin Embassy\, a Montreal based hub that functions as a gathering place for industry groups and is director and chief legal officer of the Bitcoin Foundation Canada. \n  \nAdnan Ashraf – Compliance Officer\, Finmark Financials\nAdnan Ashraf has been an entrepreneur and Compliance Officer at Finmark Financials since 2002. He has more than eight years of experience in AML Compliance\, web development\, data analytics and system implementation within the banking and money service business industry. In his current role he is responsible for developing\, directing and overseeing the business line AML/ATF program. Most recently\, Adnan designed and launched an Online Money Transfer portal where individuals can transfer funds to their family and friends worldwide. He is a web committee member of CanadianMSB Association and member of ACAMS Canada chapters. \n  \nGarry Clement – President & CEO\, Clement Advisory Group\nGarry Clement is in high demand for conferences\, workshops and training sessions. He relies on his 34 years of policing experience\, having worked in roles as the National Director for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Proceeds of Crime Program\, in addition to having worked as an investigator and undercover operator into some of the highest organized crime levels throughout Canada. He is an excellent\, highly entertaining speaker for conferences\, seminars and training programs. Recent comments from participants at an ACAMS seminar included: “Garry Clement is an excellent speaker\, very eloquent and very knowledgeable”;“easy to understand and knowledgeable”; ”speaker was very dynamic and knowledgeable”\, “excellent public speaker\, very interesting”. \nGarry has been widely quoted by many published authors in such books as: The Road to Hell\, (Julian Sher) an overview of the Hells Angels\, Dispersing the Fog\, (Paul Polango) an overview of RCMP\, Smokescreen\, a book on Garry’s 1996 undercover operation into tobacco smuggling from the US into Canada which resulted in the highest civil penalty against the cigarette companies in Canadian History\, Paper Fan (Terry Gould) flowing from Garry’s tour in Hong Kong \, the book describes the international search for Wong\, Lik Man a notorious “triad” member and other magazines and news print\, as well as having been featured in the national news program W-5. \n  \nRobert Osbourne – Manager\, Grant Thornton LLP\nRobert is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist\, and is an experienced and highly qualified Manager in our National AML Services Group with significant high-risk client experience. \nRobert formerly worked with the Royal Bank of Canada\, where he managed their high risk client group in regards to AML and terrorist financing compliance issues.  His Subject Matter Expertise on Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing regulations and his knowledge of AML/ATF best practices has assisted clients in meeting their regulatory obligations. \nHe has over 30 years of experience in financial services helping clients understand and meet their regulatory obligations and banking requirements. \n\nAmber D. Scott – Founder & Chief AML Ninja\, Outlier Solutions\nAmber has broad-based financial compliance experience that includes insurance\, mutual funds and banking. In addition to being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Amber is also a Certified Privacy Professional (CIPP). She also holds a mutual fund sales designation from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and a first level Fellow\, Life Management Institute (FLMI).  She is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP). \nAmber completed her undergraduate studies at the university of Waterloo. Her academic interests have always included law and criminology. As a teaching assistant she assisted in the development of the university’s first applied psychology course on criminal profiling. She has also received an MBA from the University of Aspen. \nThe first memory that Amber has about financial crime is hearing her father and a friend of the family discussing the dilemma faced by a local union that had fallen under the influence of an organized crime group. Pension monies had allegedly been deferred into investments that benefitted the crime organization\, but not the union membership. Many discussions with her father followed on the structures that could allow a criminal organization to circumvent the controls in an established organization for their own purposes without suffering any consequences. It was all very confusing and fascinating for a ten year old. \nWhile her confusion has faded\, her fascination never has. Amber is passionate about ethical and legal compliance. Her obsession with understanding the risks and devising actionable solutions has lead her to work in the financial services industry and with Canadian consulting firms. In 2013\, she founded Outlier Solutions Inc. to provide anti-money laundering (AML) solutions to Canadian reporting entities. \n  \nTushar K. Pain – Lawyer\nTushar K. Pain a criminal defence lawyer practising in Toronto\, Ontario and the surrounding cities. He has represented clients facing a variety of offences including fraud\, sexual assault\, domestic assault\, and drinking and driving. He helps his clients by aggressively defending them against the state. In order to mount an effective defence\, he strives first to achieve three things: (1) Know the client (2) Know the case against the client (3) Know the law. Tushar believes that the key to success is thorough preparation. \nAs a lawyer who has made a career of vigorously defending clients against state action\, he also regularly represent clients – mainly organizations such as money service businesses (MSBs) – who are subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and find themselves being investigated by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC). \n  \nBruce McMeekin – Principal\, J. Bruce McMeekin Law\nBruce has 25+ years experience assisting businesses subject to regulatory inspections\, orders\, penalties and prosecutions. Also assisting businesses and their leadership subjected to criminal investigations and prosecutions for alleged financial crimes. Lexpert rated and Best Lawyers in Canada for many years. \n  \nDuane Tough – President\, Payabillity LLC\nDuane Tough is currently the President & CEO of Paybillity Inc. As a 20 plus year veteran of the payments Industry and an expert in Prepaid/Stored Value\, Duane has worked with major FINTech organizations around the globe. Duane was one of the original group to bring e-commerce in the Caribbean/Central America to the forefront in his role as Founder & President of OffshoreHost in the 1990’s. Duane is currently in the process of bringing Prepaid Interac/Personal Financial Management and E/M-wallet aggregation to the forefront in Canada and other markets. Duane always considers being able to spend time with his family\, son\, daughters and grandchildren one of his best privileges in life. \n  \nShaun Olson – Specialist\, Derivatives Branch\, Ontario Security Commission\nShaun is an Analyst in the Derivatives Branch at the Ontario Securities Commission.   During this time he has been involved in the work to implement the OTC derivatives reforms in Canada. Lately\, he has been working on gaining access to OTC derivative trade repositories to help analyze the Ontario OTC derivatives market.   He also participates in national and international committees working on the regulation of OTC derivatives markets\, including the CSA OTC Derivatives Group and Head of Agencies OTCDWG. \n\nGreg Toczylowski – Derivatives Analyst\, Derivatives Branch\, Ontario Security Commission\nGreg is a Specialist at the OSC focusing on policy initiatives for OTC derivatives and regulatory filings involving complex derivatives\, structured products and risk management.  He participates on the CSA OTC Derivatives and Head of Agencies OTC Derivatives working groups and is a plenary member of the LEI Regulatory Oversight Committee. He holds a B.Comm\, an M.Sc and is a CFA Charterholder. He previously worked at TD Asset Management and Deloitte. \n  \nSina Akbari – Legal Counsel\, Derivatives Branch\, Ontario Security Commission\nSina is Legal Counsel in the OSC’s derivatives branch.  He participates in the development of OTC derivative policy and regulation through his involvement in the CSA OTC Derivatives Group\, the Heads of Agencies OTCDWG and the IOSCO Task Force on Derivatives.  He holds a B.Comm\, J.D. and LL.M. and is a dual-qualified lawyer in Ontario and New York.  Prior to joining the OSC\, Sina was an Associate with Osler\, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and worked in the corporate finance and investment management industries.
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