Expert Series – FINTRAC Compliance
| Title: | Expert Series - FINTRAC Compliance |
|---|---|
| Location: | Delivered in an interactive Zoom environment |
| Start date: | 11 September, 2024 |
| Cost: | $0.00 for members |
Expert Series – FINTRAC Compliance
Presented by CMBA-BC & MBIBC
Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 9:30AM – 10:30AM
EXCLUSIVE for CMBA-BC Members
Are you ready to comply as of October 11, 2024 with FINTRAC’s then newly applicable regulatory requirements concerning anti-money laundering and terrorist financing? Come learn about the key primary compliance requirements from lawyer Veronica Armstrong.
The requirements, as stated in the applicable law, do not lend themselves to a detailed, compliance checklist. Come learn from Designated Individual Gordon Hone about key factors and considerations in the practical application of the requirements to your particular business.
Be better prepared to conduct your business in a manner complying with FINTRAC’s mandatory requirements.
SPEAKERS
Veronica Armstrong
Veronica Armstrong is President of Veronica Armstrong Law Corporation, which has been serving investment firms in British Columbia since June 2009. The firm assists clients with applying for their registration as dealers or portfolio managers, writing their policies and procedures in clear language, training their staff, reviewing their practices, and acting as compliance monitor when engaged for that purpose.
Veronica spent several years in policy development and compliance at the BC Securities Commission, where she was Acting Compliance Manager in the Capital Markets Regulation Division. Subsequently, Veronica was hired by egX Group Inc. to develop and implement listing rules for the marketplaces egX was developing around the world.
Before her arrival in Canada, Veronica was head of the international and corporate legal team of a major South African bank, where she led the legal work in international project finance and derivatives.
Gordon Hone
Gordon Hone has been a mortgage broker since 1994 after a career as both a realtor and residential home builder. He formed Armada Capital in 1996 and has been its President since then. Armada became a Verico franchisee in 2007 and converted to a DLC franchise in 2015.
Gordon is Armada’s Designated Individual (DI) in BC, Broker in Alberta, and Principal Broker in Ontario. In these roles he oversees Armada meeting the compliance requirements of each of the three provinces as well as those of the federal government (including preparing for meeting FINTRAC’s requirements as of October 11, 2024). Gordon is also the Chief Compliance Officer of Armada Wealth Management Inc., an exempt market dealer registered under securities law. In that capacity, Gordon has completed the Canadian Securities exam, the Officers’, Partners’ & Director’s exam, and the Exempt Market Proficiency exam. Gordon has also broadened his knowledge by completing the Registered Deposit Brokers exam.
HOST
Marci Deane
Marci Deane is a Mortgage Broker and Owner with Ask Marci About Mortgages – Mortgage Architects based in North Vancouver and CMBA-BC Past President. She has worked in the financial industry for the past 30 years in banking, real estate and mortgage brokering. Marci is consistently a president club winner with Mortgage Architects and she received the top producer award for her team in 2021.
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