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Course Overview
The programme is designed to enable practitioners in the industry to develop a deep and critical understanding of the global regulatory framework in which the private wealth industry operates.
This course provides practitioners with the technical knowledge and understanding of the global regulatory framework in which the private wealth industry operates.
- Gain in-depth expertise: Improve your technical knowledge of the global regulatory framework in which the private wealth industry operates.
- Practical focus: Practical advice and guidance written by practitioners, for practitioners on everyday matters encountered and issues to be aware of in relation to risk, international taxation, AML and compliance.
This Advanced Certificate can be taken as part of the STEP Diploma.
Course Content
- The principles of risk and risk management
- The principles of international tax law, including conflict of laws issues and double taxation treaties
- International tax law issues affecting companies, partnerships, trusts and foundations
- The compulsory disclosure of tax related information, namely FATCA and CRS
- Anti-money laundering legislation, regulation and global initiatives
- International initiatives to counter terrorist financing, tax evasion, and civil liability for dishonest assistance
- Unexplained Wealth Orders, criminal and civil forfeiture and sanctions
- The regulation of financial services providers and trust and company management service providers
- Confidentiality and compulsory disclosure of information
- International transparency initiatives to prevent harmful tax practices, including Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), Economic Substance, Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS), and Beneficial Ownership Registers
Benefits
- Build valuable connections: Network with like-minded professionals in varied roles and firms from all over the world.
- Industry recognition: Recognised worldwide as the ‘gold-standard’ benchmark qualification for those working in the international trusts industry by employers, regulators, clients, and professionals, and is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, a School of the University of Manchester.
Prerequisites
The course is designed for practitioners involved in the international trust industry who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of the principles of risk management, international taxation, AML and compliance.
Students of this course typically include:
- trust assistants/officers/administrators
- trust managers
- trustees/fiduciaries
- corporate administrators
- lawyers/solicitors/attorneys
- wealth managers
- accountants
- tax advisers
- compliance officers/managers
- private bankers
- secretarial/administration
- client relations/marketing/sales
- financial/estate planners
To take this course you need to be a member of STEP at Affiliate level or higher. Find out more about how to join STEP here and allow sufficient time (approximately 5 business days) for your membership application to be processed before course enrolment is possible.
Assessment
A 4-hour final examination (comprising multiple choice and long-answer questions).
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