One of the greatest challenges for anyone responsible for compliance in a sizable business is to maintain a level of interest and focus on regulation and compliance from everyone across the business. The tendency, particularly among front office staff, to see compliance as entirely about PA dealing and AML training can be difficult to dispel, at least until an ARROW visit is threatened. And that may be too late.

The aim of the OWL Regulatory Talks & Presentations programme is to help Compliance functions to engage the attention of all staff and to demonstrate that involvement with regulatory development enables them to influence the ultimate shape of new procedures. This is not a training programme, although it may have the benefit of enhancing knowledge as well as awareness. But Talks & Presentations can certainly be intermingled with conventional training. With Compliance resources under constant pressure, it is often a major challenge to fulfil the day-job’s essential tasks without the added distraction of engaging those who show little interest. OWL specialises in providing support where it is most needed.

Talks and presentations cover a range of areas, including:

 UK and European regulatory structures: what difference will the changes make?

 More European directives: objectives of the latest reviews of UCITS, MiFID and the introduction of AIFMD

 FSA’s current hot topics

 Influencing the Regulator

 Coping with ARROW

T&P is provided either as a series or as one-off presentations. Hard copy of slides can be provided, but are sometimes seen as too formal. Presentations are designed to include engaging interaction, designed to maximise the impact on those attending.