Course 142: ESG: A Practical Overview

Date: 26-09-2024 to 26-09-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Regulations and Compliance Key Subject Category 2:Regulations Overview:

This course aims to provide a high-level overview of Environmental (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) criteria (ESG), and will serve as a general introduction to this fast-growing and ever-changing sector. The course will be informally split into three distinct sections; the first of which will largely focus on the main tenets of ESG: what it means, what it seeks to achieve and its development through time. The second section of this course will focus on the pertinent regulatory developments in the ESG sector, including the Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) and the upcoming Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and their implications on market players falling within their scope. The third and final section of this course will then seek to provide examples of the practical applicability of ESG both locally and internationally, and will further explore what the future holds for this expanding sector.

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Course 164: Practical Issues of Carrying Out a Credit Assessment

Date: 27-09-2024 to 30-09-2024 Time:01:30 PM Course Duration:5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Risk Management Key Subject Category 2:General Overview:

The most important characteristic of a good line of credit afforded by a credit institution to an applicant is that is gets repaid. This requires a credit assessment process that could include profiling, economic stress testing, risk, financial and business analysis, and collateral availability. This course will address the credit proposal assessment process and give key practical insights to help attendees to carry out good quality assessments which will result in good mutually beneficial business.

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Course 216: Fund Accounting and Administration

Date: 30-09-2024 to 30-09-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Funds Key Subject Category 2:General Overview:

The aim of this course is to give a brief overview of the different types of Collective Investment Schemes and to provide more information with regards to the tasks and responsibilities of the Fund Administrator. It will also give more insight on the different roles within the Fund Administration business. An explanation on how to calculate an NAV and on how to price different types of Instruments will be provided. After this course you will be able to understand the basic principles of Fund Accounting and Administration.    

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Course 153: Reporting Disclosures Emanating from the Capital Markets Rules

Date: 01-10-2024 to 01-10-2024 Time:01:00 PM Course Duration:2 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Capital Markets Key Subject Category 2:Compliance Overview:

This session will provide an in-depth look at the continuing disclosure obligations emanating from Chapter 5 of the Capital Markets Rules applicable to Issuers in terms of the said Rules. This session will cover both periodic financial reporting as well as ad hoc disclosure obligations, and should be particularly relevant to equity and debt issuers listed on the main market of the Malta Stock Exchange as well as entities contemplating listing.

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Course 203: Financial Statements Analysis

Date: 02-10-2024 to 04-10-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:9 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Financial reporting, tax and vat Overview:

This course is an introduction to understanding how to use financial information to value and analyse companies. The course focuses on the practical application of financial statements analysis. Students will learn how to create and analyse financial ratios such as debt to equity, profit margins and more. Participants will gain analytical skills involved in reading and interpreting the financial health and profitability of a company through quantitative and qualitative techniques. A number of case studies and financial statements of actual companies will be analysed.

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Course 168: Real Estate Valuation Quality and Reviews

Date: 03-10-2024 to 04-10-2024 Time:01:30 PM Course Duration:5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:General Overview:

This module will give a comprehensive overview of property valuations and reports, showing what a good quality and realistic valuation should assess, and explaining the methodology of creating a good quality property valuation. It will also address the common mistakes and errors commonly found in valuations and the importance of having a good standard of valuation since this is often the basis of investment decisions.

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Course 100: An Introduction to the Financial Markets

Date: 07-10-2024 to 09-10-2024 Time:12:30 PM Course Duration:9 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:General Key Subject Category 2:Capital Markets Overview:

Participants will learn the basic investing concepts, the many different variations of traditional investments available and which type of investments are most suitable for their needs. The course will delve into the history of the capital markets, their role in the economy, the different types of markets, and the activities of exchanges. Participants will also learn about the difference between bonds and equities, what they are, their special characteristics and terminology, how they are priced and the risks of owning such investments. Students will also learn about various investment styles such as value, growth, and fund investing. Students will be taught how to and why they should take a critical look at all investing options based on sound risk/reward assumptions.

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Course 150: Cyber Security – End User Security Awareness

Date: 09-10-2024 to 09-10-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Cyber Security Overview:

Cyber security is a key issue that affects everyone in the digital environment we live and work in. The aim of this course is to ensure that the end user has enough security awareness to turn them into a strong last line of defence in identifying cyber-attacks and protecting your organisation. This interesting and practical course will help you and your staff in an interactive course. The key benefits will be the change in users’ behaviour to reduce risk from phishing and other cyber attacks, prioritisation and improvement of incident response and reporting of incidents and ultimately the reduction of successful phishing attacks and malware infections.

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Course 212: Due Diligence in Practice

Date: 10-10-2024 to 10-10-2024 Time:01:00 PM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

This course is designed to familiarise attendees with the practical and real life circumstances of implementing  a robust due diligence process. The Customer due diligence process (CDD) involves much more than  carrying our research using the passport or other customer data available using one of the various  monitoring systems and a ‘Google’ search. There are clear responsibilities that are related to AML/CFT, and  this course will give a practical and hands-on approach on how to carry out the various CDD checks, how to deal  with practical issues that are encountered on a day-today basis, and provide a practical insight to help subject  persons, including compliance officers, compliance teams and MLROs, carry out their duties.

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Course 306: Financial Markets Compliance and Regulation

Date: 14-10-2024 to 16-10-2024 Time:10:00 AM Course Duration:9 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

This course aims to offer participants an overview of the regulatory and compliance landscape by introducing elements of the AIFMD, MIFID, and UCITS directives. Students will be provided a foundation to be able to understand financial regulation and compliance requirements of an MFSA licensed company. The course will explore the optimal compliance structure of a fund or management company including their basic legal structure, the fiduciary duties of a board of directors, investment committee, MLRO, and compliance officer. Furthermore various AIFMD policies will be discussed including risk management, remuneration, valuation, insider dealing polices, etc.

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Course 163: Introduction to the MFSA’s Corporate Governance Code

Date: 15-10-2024 to 15-10-2024 Time:01:30 PM Course Duration:2.5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

This course has been tailored to provide attendees with a best practice approach in implementing a sound corporate governance framework, in line with the regulator’s expectations. The MFSA’s launch of the Corporate Governance Code in 2022 has established a set of principles which are to be applied by authorized persons on a ‘best effort basis’. The Corporate Governance Code is applicable across sectors, to all unlisted entities authorised by the MFSA.

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Course 132: The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA): Update on RTS and Guidance Notes

Date: 17-10-2024 to 17-10-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Regulations and Compliance Key Subject Category 2:Cyber Security Overview:

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a new regulation aiming to establish Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector and compliance with this new regulation comes into effect in January 2025. The Act aims to create common EU rules on digital operational resilience, ensure safeguards for ICT risk management and mitigation against cyber-attacks and other risks are in place, provide oversight in terms of critical ICT Third party services and dependencies and reduce financial and administrative burden on organisations. This course will help attendees to learn more about the updated Regulatory Technical Standards and associated guidance notes in preparation for compliance with this Act in January 2025

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Course 118: Effective Business Writing

Date: 17-10-2024 to 17-10-2024 Time:01:00 PM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:General Overview:

Whether at top executive, middle management or even  junior administrator level, conveying information, a message  or even intent clearly, flawlessly and in appropriate detail  is critical for getting the message across, establishing  attention, winning business and building continued success.  Business writing must form a credible basis upon which  sound decisions may be taken. In this regard, besides  communicating information accurately in an appropriate  format, effective business writing demonstrates rationale,  enhances credibility, carries influential impact, and conveys  suitable courtesy. All powerful determinants for maintaining  interest, rapport and enhancing sustainable achievement in  the world of business.  This short course gives practitioners, managers and  administrators insights into sharpening and enhancing their   business writing and communication skills in multiple and  varied business contexts such as writing with impact and  garnering results, drawing up reports as a sound basis for  decision-making and outcome reporting, minute taking as  well as delivering and presenting to an audience.

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Course 238: Different Sources of Raising Capital

Date: 18-10-2024 to 18-10-2024 Time:09:30 AM Course Duration:2.5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:General Overview:

Raising capital is a difficult but essential part of running Capital markets - practical issues any business. Even the most creative ideas or business plans can only get you so far. It is therefore inevitable that businesses will need funding in order to grow. Although one of the biggest challenges businesses face is raising finance, various options exist and businesses can raise capital through capital markets, bank finance, private placements or business angels amongst others. The training session will give an overview of all sources of finance, focusing more on the capital markets available in Malta, and the practical issues encountered when raising finance and how business go around them.

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Course 316: Structured Products Explained

Date: 21-10-2024 to 23-10-2024 Time:01:30 PM Course Duration:7.5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Securitisation and structured products Key Subject Category 2:Portfolio Risk Overview:

This course covers material relating to structured products also known as market linked investments or synthetic investment instruments which are designed to facilitate highly bespoke risk and return objectives. Students will learn how investment banks pre-package financial instruments using derivatives, a basket of securities, single securities, and other capital market products. Participants will learn that structured products are normally used as a low cost alternative to a direct investment as part of the asset allocation process or to hedge risk found within an investment portfolio. 

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Course 107: Data Protection Fundamentals

Date: 21-10-2024 to 21-10-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:GDPR and Data Protection Key Subject Category 2:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is a previously  existing role that has been rendered mandatory in certain  instances by the General Data Protection Regulation  (GDPR).  DPOs are responsible for overseeing data protection  strategy and implementation to ensure compliance with  GDPR requirements. Now that the GDPR is in force, it is  important that organisations are compliant with the many  regulations and operational requirements provided by  the GDPR.  This course is designed to help DPOs fully understand  their role, assisting them in setting up of the right  processes and procedures as well as control measures  and helping DPOs determine whether the appointment  of a DPO is mandatory for their organisation. In view of  this and the significant possible consequences of noncompliance,  it is recommended that DPOs attend  this course.

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Course 155: Understanding Property Valuations

Date: 23-10-2024 to 24-10-2024 Time:09:30 AM Course Duration:5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:General Overview:

The real estate sector is going through a time of change, having penetrated the larger capital markets and is now much more affected by national and global economic trends. Besides looking into the basic principles and theory of valuation and gaining knowledge on the fundamentals of valuation practice, this course: • will look into developments and trends affecting the nature of and the need for valuation services in Malta in the short to medium term; • aims to stimulate debate amongst valuers and clients/ users of valuations over what action is needed to ensure the provision of quality valuation services that the modern economy requires; and • will enable you to assess the property market and be in a position to recognise which situations require which types of valuation, choose and apply the right methodology and create the valuation report in line with best practice and international standards.  

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Course 108: Compliance Monitoring and Reporting

Date: 28-10-2024 to 28-10-2024 Time:01:00 PM Course Duration:2.5 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Compliance Key Subject Category 2:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

The Compliance Officer is the regulator’s invisible arm in that it ensures that the institution’s business is being conducted in line with regulations, internal policies and procedures. Checks are carried out primarily through compliance monitoring programmes; be they on-site or desk based reviews. The fulcrum of the findings prompted by the reviews is to bring these to the attention of senior management. Senior management is ultimately responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the compliance function and in ensuring that the business is carried out in line with regulatory requirements.

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Course 161: Red Flags and AML Regulatory Reporting

Date: 29-10-2024 to 29-10-2024 Time:01:30 PM Course Duration:2 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:Compliance Key Subject Category 2:AML Overview:

This course is designed to familiarize attendees with red flags and Money Laundering (ML) indicators, as well as the robust measures required to manage ML risks. In today’s world, robust AML controls are not only necessary to safeguard reputation, but also mandated by the Regulator. As ML risk cannot always be controlled and reduced to an acceptable level, the course delves into the reporting requirements imposed by the Regulator, including the reporting of suspicious activities and transactions, requests for information and the annual Risk Evaluation Questionnaire. Specifically concerning the latter, the course goes into the purpose and aim of the REQ, the sections and the information that is normally requested by the Regulator. Reference will be made to the FIAU implementing procedures Part 1, as well as official guidance issued by the FIAU on the subject matter.

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Course 219: AML/CFT - Spotting the Red Flags

Date: 30-10-2024 to 30-10-2024 Time:09:00 AM Course Duration:3 Hours Venue:ONLINE Key Subject Category 1:AML Key Subject Category 2:Regulations and Compliance Overview:

This course aims at providing attendees with the  necessary tools and techniques aimed at identifying  money laundering machinations and in combating the  funding of terrorism. The course has been developed  in an engaging and comprehensive format in order to  provide attendees with the appropriate training to meet  the regulatory requirements of subject persons whilst  providing a practitioner’s insight. The course shall focus  both on the applicable legislative framework as well as  on practical case studies.

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