Courses

Risk Management in fraud prevention connects with a range of crucial skills and applicable practices to support the fraud prevention strategy of your organisation. This is a complete and balanced program, designed to progress from risk review up to effective fraud prevention management.  For full programme and registration form please click the file below. Fraud Prevention & Risk Manage...

Technological progress and globalisation have profoundly changed the way our data is collected, accessed and used. In addition, the EU Member States have implemented the 1995 Data Protection Directive differently, resulting in divergences in enforcement; hence, the need to have significant legislative reforms: (A) The General Data Protection Regulation will enable people to better control their...

The workshop is about the following issues: Systematically determine the operating and financial strength of a company.  Linking operational and financial issues gives a strong analysis and protection against unreliable financials and weak business plans. Finally, the participants will be able to judge level & predictability of future cash flows and to assess a risk rating by hand.  Help ...

The workshop is about the following issues:Systematically determine the operating and financial strength of a company.  Linking operational and financial issues gives a strong analysis and protection against unreliable financials and weak business plans. Finally, the participants will be able to judge level & predictability of future cash flows and to assess a risk rating by hand. Help the ...

Over the past decade, the financial services industry in Malta has worked hard to establish itself as a trust jurisdiction worthy of serious consideration due to its comprehensive regulatory and legal framework, the expertise of service providers, the tax environment and its judiciary.  The Trusts and Trustees Act has and keeps providing a commendable platform for the creation of different for...

This Course will explore in more detail the nature of the private equity and real estate funds market. While venture capital and private equity funds can produce stunning returns, it is not always the case. For instance, the NASDAQ crash and technology slump that started in March 2000 and the resulting catastrophic losses on overvalued, nonperforming start-up firms impacted massively on venture...

Securitisation has increasingly become the focus of many debates in Malta and in Europe. In countries with developed capital markets, securitisation has been cited as an essential tool for funding economic growth, as it channels funds from investors to borrowers to finance assets in the real economy such as residential mortgages, auto-loans, SME lending and others.  Malta is fast becoming a gr...

This seminar aims to provide Maltese businesses with a practical guide on the competition rules in the daily operation of their business. Competition rules affect most facets of the operation of a business and therefore any company, whatever its size, must consider and comply with competition law.  The benefits of compliance are self-evident. Companies involved in anti-competitive behaviour, e...

This seminar aims to provide Maltese businesses with a practical guide on the competition rules in the daily operation of their business. Competition rules affect most facets of the operation of a business and therefore any company, whatever its size, must consider and comply with competition law. The benefits of compliance are self-evident. Companies involved in anti-competitive behaviour, eve...

There is a current drive to reduce weaknesses in corporate governance, particularly with an emphasis on the suitability of persons in the management body and key function holders. EU regulators are currently driving competent authorities to approve persons considered to be suitable and requires financial institutions to carry out an assessment on same individuals prior to on-boarding and on an ...

The convergence of FinServ and Fintech brings together entities from sectors such as insurance, retail and investment banking, payments, crowdfunding, big data and alternative finance, in a common (though perhaps not always expressly stated) understanding to promote and accelerate growth for the evolution of the ‘traditional’ concepts or notions of Financial Services.  For the first time local...

On the occasion of President Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address, the European Commission has set out the next steps to accelerate the completion of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), a key building block of the Commission’s Investment Plan for Europe. It seeks to give businesses access to alternative, more diverse sources of funding so they can thrive. It makes Europe’s financial system mo...

The convergence of FinServ and Fintech brings together entities from sectors such as insurance, retail and investment banking, payments, crowdfunding, big data and alternative finance, in a common (though perhaps not always expressly stated) understanding to promote and accelerate growth for the evolution of the ‘traditional’ concepts or notions of Financial Services.  For the first time local...

The International Tax Conference will focus on a number of recent initiatives of relevance for practitioners in this field. A newly agreed on EU directive (ATAD II) aims at preventing tax avoidance through hybrid mismatches, over and beyond the existing rules (ATAD I).  Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR) will force large multinationals to provide an annual report that breaks down key elements ...

The convergence of FinServ and Fintech brings together entities from sectors such as insurance, retail and investment banking, payments, crowdfunding, big data and alternative finance, in a common (though perhaps not always expressly stated) understanding to promote and accelerate growth for the evolution of the ‘traditional’ concepts or notions of Financial Services.  For the first time local...

The convergence of FinServ and Fintech brings together entities from sectors such as insurance, retail and investment banking, payments, crowdfunding, big data and alternative finance, in a common (though perhaps not always expressly stated) understanding to promote and accelerate growth for the evolution of the ‘traditional’ concepts or notions of Financial Services.  For the first time local...

The topic covers the principles and mechanisms introduced through the Recovery and Resolution Regulations introduced by way of Legal Notice 301 of 2015 as well as an in-depth analysis of the Depositor Compensation Scheme Regulations amended by way of Legal Notice 383 of 2015. The topic covers the principles and mechanisms introduced through the Recovery and Resolution Regulations introduced by...

The Role of Investigative Interviewing is a core skill in any investigation context. Therefore the highest standards need to be upheld when conducting interviews of persons suspected of internal criminal behaviour to any level, or professional misconduct issues. Equally, when interviewing witnesses and whistle-blowers, in order to achieve this organisations need to develop and maintain valuable...

The Role of Investigative Interviewing is a core skill in any investigation context. Therefore the highest standards need to be upheld when conducting interviews of persons suspected of internal criminal behaviour to any level, or professional misconduct issues. Equally, when interviewing witnesses and whistle-blowers, in order to achieve this organisations need to develop and maintain valuable...

During this training session you will learn how to set up an effective ethics and compliance program in general and an anti-corruption program in specific. We will discuss some recent trends and developments, like Dieselgate and the Panama Papers. How do they affect the compliance function? And did you know that ethics & compliance officers save lives? Compliance, Ethics & Anti-Corrupti...