CMRA
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Nine Years Without a Documented FWRA: What This SRA Fine Teaches
An SRA desk based AML review found that a small London practice had operated for almost nine years without a documented firm wide risk assessment and could not produce CMRA records on half the files examined.
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MLRO: From Compliance Gatekeeper to Cultural Architect
The role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer at a law firm often remains an additional task. It is a thankless, burdensome responsibility tacked onto an already busy fee-earning role. Historically, it was viewed as a “back-office” necessity; a hat to be worn only when a problem arose. Today, that dynamic has shifted. As regulatory…