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13 Nov 2024  The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is delighted to invite you to the online conference AMLA and the new EU AML Rules: Practicalities, Challenges & Opportunities for Finance Professionals, on Wednesday, 13 November 2024, at 10h00–11h30 CET.   The European Union has adopted an ambitious package of measures to strengthen the EU’s existing anti-money laundering and countering terrorism finance (AML/CFT) rules. The EU AML package includes a new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) with supervisory powers, to be established in Frankfurt and operational from mid-2025.   Once the measures enter into force, they will constitute a significant overhaul of the current EU AML framework that will bring major changes for the accounting and finance sectors.   But what are these new rules? What are the practical implications for finance professionals including the accountancy profession? What opportunities do they offer? How will AMLA work in practice?   Join accounting and finance practitioners and European Commission policymakers, Raluca Pruna, Head of Unit, Financial Crime and Olivier Salles, Head of Unit, Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) Task Force, DG FISMA, European Commission, to understand and discuss the recently adopted EU AML package including implications and opportunities for finance and accounting professionals.   Click here to register and attend this event.   Latest Programme   10h00 Introduction & welcome by Chair, Stephen Doyle, Director Administrative and Workplace Services EY Ireland   10h05 Introduction to new EU AML regulatory framework: European Commission

• EU regulatory package including timing, implications for practitioners Raluca Pruna, Head of Unit, Financial Crime, DG FISMA, European Commission  
• AMLA: timeline, how it will work, implications for the finance profession Olivier Salles, Head of Unit, Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) Task Force, DG FISMA, European Commission

10h25 Moderated panel discussion with European Commission and finance professionals

• Introduction to panellists by moderator: Aidan Clifford, Advisory Service & Public Affairs Manager, EEMA ACCA

Panellists:

• Raluca Pruna, Head of Unit, Financial Crime, DG FISMA, European Commission
• Olivier Salles, Head of Unit, Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) Task Force, DG FISMA, European Commission
• Aleksandra Vasilic, EY Europe West FinCrime Leader
• Marie-France De Pover, General Manager/Director Group Compliance, KBC Group
• Robert Müller, Head of Anti Financial Crime (AFC) Germany and Group Head Anti Money Laundering & Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion (Group AML & PFoTE), Deutsche Bank

11h15 Open discussion with all panellists   11h30 Concluding remarks by Chair Brussels  OnlineBelgiumMore information here

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