The successful candidates will receive a Certificate in Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering from the DIFX Academy, the leading provider of financial training in the region, after attending a three-day course followed by an exam.
The course was attended by executives and compliance officers of leading financial services and other organisations. It will be repeated next year.
Hamed Ali, Executive Officer of the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), said: "As the DIFX's training arm, the DIFX Academy is committed to providing financial services courses of the highest quality to support the growth of the capital markets in the region.
"This course provides detailed information about regulatory issues inside the DIFC and beyond as well as conflicts of interest, ethical issues, Sharia compliance and anti-money laundering mechanisms and procedures. We congratulate the successful candidates."
Lecturers giving the Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering course included staff from the DIFX Academy, FINRA, Hany Abou-El-Fotouh, FVP Corporate Governance & Compliance Group Head - ABC Bank - Egypt and the University of Reading.
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The course at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) was held by the DIFX Academy in conjunction with the US regulator FINRA, the University of Reading in the UK, and Complinet, a provider of information on compliance issues.
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For further information on the DIFX, please contact:Amira Abdulla
Dubai International Financial Centre
Tel: +971.4.362.2433
Mark Fisher
Dubai International Financial Exchange
Tel: +971.4.3622451
About DIFX
The DIFX is the region's first international financial exchange for equities, bonds, Islamic products, funds, index products and (subject to regulatory approval) derivatives. The target areas of the DIFX for seeking issuers include the Middle East and North Africa, as well as South Africa, Turkey and the Indian sub-continent.
The exchange launched in September 2005 and currently has 18 Members - ABN AMRO, Arbuthnot Securities, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EFG-Hermes, Hichens, Harrison & Co, HSBC, ING Bank NV, Jefferies International, KAS BANK, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Mashreq Capital (DIFC), NBD Investment Bank, SHUAA Capital and UBS.
Issuers on the DIFX: Equities - Albaraka Banking Group (ordinary shares), Boulder Steel (ordinary shares), Citigold Corporation (ordinary shares), Fortune Management (ordinary shares), Gold Fields (American depositary shares), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (global depositary receipts), Kingdom Hotel Investments (ordinary shares), Man Industries (India) (global depositary receipts), Monarch Gold Mining Company (ordinary shares), Rana Sugars (global depositary receipts); Sphere Investments (ordinary shares); Bonds - DP World (Medium Term Notes), Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group (Medium Term Notes), Kuwait Financial Centre S.A.K. (Closed) (Notes); MashreqBank (Medium Term Notes), National Bank of Dubai (Medium Term Notes); Islamic products - Aabar Sukuk (Sukuk), Cherating Capital (Sukuk), DAAR International Sukuk (Sukuk), Dar Al Arkan International Sukuk (Sukuk), DIB Sukuk (Sukuk), DIFC Investments (Sukuk), Dubai World Sukuk (Sukuk), IIG Funding Ltd (Sukuk), Nakheel Development (Sukuk), Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (Sukuk), TID Global Sukuk (Sukuk); Structured Products - Deutsche Bank (certificates over indices).
The regulator of the DIFX is the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The DIFX is located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and its owner is DIFC Investments.
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Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorMonday, October 01 - 2007 at 14:59 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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