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Webinar – New AML Rule and Sanctions Rule
1 September @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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Webinar: New AML Rule and Sanctions Rule – what CIMA registered funds and other regulated entities must do to comply
Join SFDA and Walkers for a webinar on CIMA’s new Rule on Effective Compliance Programme for the Prevention and Detection of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing for Financial Services Providers and Rule on Compliance with Financial Sanctions and Targeted Financial Sanctions.
During this session, regulatory specialists from Walkers and Walkers Professional Services’ Director of AML Services will provide practical insights into the new Rules, which come into force on 18 September 2026 and will apply to all CIMA-regulated entities, including CIMA-registered investment funds.
The new Rules are intended to provide a clear and practical roadmap for complying with the Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AMLRs), rather than introducing new substantive requirements.
Our panellists will discuss the minimum elements required to comply with the new Rules and for an AML compliance programme to be regarded as adequate and effective by CIMA. Particular focus will be given to CIMA’s expectations regarding independent AML compliance programme audits, independent and suitably qualified AMLCOs, risk assessments and sanctions compliance.
Webinar link will be sent to you upon successful registration.
Speakers
Natalie Curtis
Partner, Asia Head of Regulatory & Risk Advisory at Walkers
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Natalie leads Walkers’ Regulatory Risk & Advisory practice in Asia and the Middle East and is a member of Walkers’ Global Fintech Group.
Natalie Curtis (Partner, Asia Head of Regulatory & Risk Advisory at Walkers) Natalie Curtis Partner, Asia Head of Regulatory & Risk Advisory at Walkers Website Natalie leads Walkers’ Regulatory Risk & Advisory practice in Asia and the Middle East and is a member of Walkers’ Global Fintech Group. Natalie has extensive experience advising financial service providers, investment funds, and fintech and virtual asset service providers (VASP) on non-contentious and contentious regulatory matters. In the rapidly evolving fintech and virtual asset sectors in particular, Natalie has worked with an impressive client roster spanning leading virtual asset trading platforms and technology companies to traditional financial institutions. Natalie’s experience in these sectors includes advising on establishing tokenised funds and virtual banks, tokenised debt issuances, payment and VASP licensing and registration, compliance frameworks for VASPs, token/coin/NFT generation events, RWA tokenisation, OTC crypto-derivative trading and app-based securities trading platforms.
Natalie regularly interacts with key regulators and works closely with industry bodies to drive financial services and virtual asset regulatory reform and developments. Natalie is a member of AIMA’s Hong Kong Regulatory Committee and its Asia Digital Assets Working Group, among other industry associations. She also regularly speaks at industry conferences on regulatory and virtual asset-related topics.
Tania Toh
Partner, Investment Funds & Corporate at Walkers
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Tania is a partner in Walkers’ Investment Funds and Corporate Group based in Singapore, specialising in investment fund formation as well as corporate and capital markets transactions.
Tania regularly works with managers on the formation of private equity, hedge and venture capital fund structures and the establishment of carry, co-investment and alternative investment structures with a focus on managers based in Singapore, Southeast Asia and Australia. Tania is a member of AIMA’s digital assets working group.
Elsa Chow
Director of AML Services at Walkers Corporate Limited
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Elsa is a Director of AML Services at Walkers Corporate Limited in Hong Kong. She has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry and specialises in regulatory compliance, AML, CTF, financial regulation and policy and procedure development. She serves as an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer and Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer to a range of investment structures.
Elsa has gained a comprehensive working knowledge of laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, rules and best practice standards related to the professional and financial services industry. Through her former roles, she has also been involved with industry consultations on Guidance Notes on Economic Substance Acts in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Seychelles.
Elsa is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese.