“The Solo Squid: How to Run a Happy One-Person Business”
“Heir Apparent” – the sixth Sam Plank novel
FREE Official Guide to the Sam Plank Mysteries – sample chapters and glossary
New e-boxset of first three Sam Plank e-books! Click image to buy…
“Faith, Hope and Trickery” – the fifth Sam Plank novel
New piggy in the sty! This one is for UK estate agents
Collection of columns: “Susan in the City: The Cambridge News Years”
“Portraits of Pretence” – the fourth Sam Plank novel
Sam speaks! New audiobook of “Fatal Forgery”
“Worm in the Blossom” – the third Sam Plank novel
AML for NEDs in five editions: Guernsey, Isle of Man, International, Jersey and UK
AML books for UK staff
AML books for Guernsey staff
AML books for Jersey staff
AML books for Gibraltar staff
“The Man in the Canary Waistcoat” – the second Sam Plank novel
“Fatal Forgery” – the first Sam Plank novel
Edward’s adventures now out in 6-part e-format
Another good read
Tag Archives: directors
Mind your own business
One of the trickier aspects of the MLRO’s job is the juggling act they have to perform to keep everyone happy – staff, Board (or whatever their firm’s top layer of control is called), regulators and investigators. Although this can … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, annual report, Board, directors, FCA, FIU, guidance, JMLSG, MLRO, money laundering, nominated officer, reporting, SAR, suspicion
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Piggy’s Progress
At the end of each year I do a stock-take of my piggy sales – by which I mean, I add up how many copies of I have sold of my two suites of AML books for non-exec directors (i.e. … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, Brexit, directors, estate agent, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, non-executive directors, publications, writing
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Due diligence dark glasses
I love words, as you know. But – like Jaffa Cakes on the shelves and “Today” on Radio 4 in the morning – we sometimes take them for granted. (Although with the recent sale of United Biscuits to a Turkish … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, compliance, directors, due diligence, fraud, Jersey, money laundering, proceeds of crime, suspicion
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If you can’t stand the heat…
HSBC is not having a good decade. First there was the 2012 money laundering prosecution and penalty. Then one of their directors, Rona Fairhead, was grilled by MPs when she took up the post of BBC Chair. Then it was announced … Continue reading
Showing your workings
As you read this, I fully intend to be sitting at a chi-chi patisserie in a cobbled square in the High City area of Luxembourg, sipping a fruit juice and nibbling on a spectacular cake of some sort. See – … Continue reading
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Tagged AML, communication, directors, due diligence, legislation, MLRO, money laundering, non-executive directors, training
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The clue is in the name
Singers sing, dancers dance, plumbers plumb – and directors direct. But you cannot direct unless you know where you are going and (in overall terms) how to get there. And I think too many directors have forgotten that their primary … Continue reading
I hate money laundering 