Round Up Autumn 2019

services 29 l New this quarter ... New remote learning Anti-money laundering Initial and ongoing training for all staff on anti-money laundering (AML) procedures is a requirement. Our new AML course adds to the existing training support and guidance we provide in this area, including online tests and financial crime training videos. Senior Managers &Certification Regime (SM&CR) Covering all aspects of the SM&CR, including the senior managers regime, certification regime and conduct rules, this course has been designed to make all staff members aware of the requirements of the SM&CR. In respect of the conduct rules you will also need to ensure that all staff within your firm are trained in relation to the specific requirements of their roles and your firms structure. Both the AML and SM&CR remote learning modules are available via the training and events / remote learning section of our website at no additional charge. GDPR refresher REALSENSE’s data protection law refresher course has been developed in collaboration with privacy specialists at Geldards Law Firm. The course is a mixture of interactive, meaningful and memorable learning that will remind learners of the key components of the data protection legislation, and explore the practicalities of complying with it. All threesixty clients can each receive one free licence per firm, and have the option of purchasing further licences directly through REALSENSE at a discounted rate. If you would like access to this course, please email sarah.bielby@real-sense. com stating your name, company name and FCA number. Product governance and SM&CR New self-assessments and updates to our broader support Not all clients subscribe to our business risk assessments and therefore do not receive personalised guidance on hot topics like product governance and SM&CR. To broaden our support in these areas, and help as many firms as we can prepare and implement changes, we've introduced two self-assessment tools to help you check where your firm is up to. The assessments provide feedback and supporting information in an instant, but help is also at hand on the end of the phone should you require any extra support. In addition we have created dedicated zones for each of these topics on our website, containing lots of supporting guidance, project plans and much more. Don't forget the helpdesk is also there should you have any queries. New! Training and competence scheme Although the main driver of these changes was to make sure our T&C scheme effectively facilitates the Senior Managers & Certification Regime changes, we’ve taken the opportunity to give the rest of the scheme an overhaul too. Having a T&C scheme that’s practical, proportionate and effective should free up time to concentrate on the areas where most attention is needed. We hope that the changes we’ve made will help you to do this. You can access the updated T&C scheme via the Business / Managing people section of the website. Event registration - Single sign in has arrived! For some time clients have needed to use a different username and password to register for events and access our main website. In July we fully integrated our events registration website with our main website to deliver a seamless experience. Now only one set of login credentials is required to access our online guidance and support, and register for events. Guidance and templates