Middle East Financial Services Compliance and Regulation Solutions

Kroll’s Financial Services Compliance and Regulation experts help clients build, manage and protect their businesses both in the United Arab Emirates and more broadly in the Middle East.
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We achieve this by developing, implementing and managing their compliance and regulatory programs. Our teams have a strong track record of assisting firms with licencing projects in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) with the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), as well as in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in the UAE. The team has also worked on applications and projects with the Central Bank of UAE, Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).

We provide solutions that help firms meet their day-to-day compliance needs and deal with growing challenges:

 

Authorization

  • Advice on regulatory licensing requirements
  • Assistance on understanding authorization and licensing requirements
  • Support with drafting applications and on submission
  • Active management of application process
  • Assistance with communication to the regulator
  • Drafting anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, risk and governance policies
  • Developing business plans for financial firms

Structuring the Compliance Framework

  • Conduct a tailored compliance risk assessment to allow effective allocation of compliance resources
  • Design a workable compliance monitoring framework, taking into account supervisory priorities
  • Design policies and procedures to best fit the business
  • Develop compliance testing templates bespoke to the firm’s investment services

Ad Hoc Advice and Support

Advice on specific regulatory issues and help in communication with the regulator, provided by senior consultants

  • Assistance with remediation of recommendations
  • Independent review of reporting and communications to the regulator
  • Independent compliance health assessment
  • Operational Readiness Assessment
  • Thematic assistance (ESG, AML, etc.)

Secondments and Extra Resources

  • Act as outsourced regulatory compliance function
  • Act as outsourced internal audit function
  • Conduct control plan
  • Conduct internal audit plan

Online/Face–to–Face Training

  • Develop training materials and deliver face-to-face training from a senior consultant on key topics such as AML, governance, risk and market abuse
  • Customized workshops or training for specific populations of staff within the firm (fund managers, marketing teams, etc. to meet all training needs)

Regulatory Monitoring

  • Client alerts and reminders on regulatory deadlines
  • Raise awareness on current and future regulatory changes specific to the firm and provide advice on actions needed

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