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NEWS & UPDATESThe future of audit
In a rare speech, Sir Donald Brydon, chair of the Future of Audit in the UK, told a packed conference room that he is...
Ethical matters: Change is coming to auditing standards in Ireland
In July, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in London issued a consultation on proposed changes to the UK’s Ethical...
Reporting money laundering offences
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts, 2010 to 2018 requires firms to report suspicious...
Record keeping and the RBO
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts, 2010 to 2018 updates the 2010 legislation that...
Important obligations under money laundering rules
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts, 2010 to 2018 places some important obligations...
When Not to Report Money Laundering
Certain circumstances can arise from time to time when an accountant (as well as certain other designated persons) is...
The latest AML legislation
The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts, 2010 to 2018 requires, among other things that:...
Changes in AML legislation.
Some significant changes made in late 2018 to Irish AML legislation may have gone unnoticed. They need urgent...
Irish Red Cross criticised by auditors
In a recently issued audit report, the Irish Red Cross were criticised by their auditors over several matters...
Professional body AML Supervisors under fire
As we wrote in a recent blog on the topic of AML supervision, the report by OPBAS – the Office for Professional Body...
Professional body AML Supervisors under fire
In a recent UK report by OPBAS – the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision it accuses many...
GDPR: One Year On
The GDPR is in place one year on 25 May 2019. How up to date are you on the application of the new data protection...