Inaugural DIFX Academy compliance and anti-money laundering exam taken by more than 40 candidates
The DIFX Academy held the course at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in conjunction with the US regulator FINRA, Complinet, a provider of information on compliance issues, and the University of Reading in the UK.
The candidates who attended a 3-day course and succeeded in the exam received a Certificate in Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering from the DIFX Academy, which is the leader of financial training in the region.
The course attended by executives and compliance officers of leading financial services and other organisations will be repeated in a year.
According to Hamed Ali, Executive Officer of the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), the DIFX Academy aims to provide financial services courses of the highest quality in order to support the capital markets growth in the region. He said that the course offers detailed information on regulatory issues inside the DIFC and beyond as well as such issues as Sharia compliance, anti-money laundering mechanisms and procedures, etc.