Award Winning Consultants 2018

Posted on 11th July 2018 | by Christopher Jehan | Leave a Comment

It has been a busy few months for Midshore Consulting, and we would like to take the opportunity to share with you some of our achievements and appointments.

FinTech Awards & GFSC’s Soundbox Sprint

Firstly, in the FinTech Awards given by Wealth & Finance International, Midshore have won “Best Fintech Consultancy 2018 – Channel Islands”. These awards showcase the talents of those who have played a vital role in shaping the Fintech industry, in our case moving to integrate reg-tech into our consultancy work – an area that has historically been purely people-driven.

Secondly, and more importantly in the local environment, we competed in the Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s Soundbox Sprint on Friday 22nd June. Against some serious competition from some much bigger firms we took home the Silver Bailiwick Innovation Award following our pitch to the judges for our solution to using technology to improve innovation. Our solution involved optical character recognition, artificial intelligence and application programming interfaces in a new application that would be an overlay to legacy systems.

Bill Green Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit

Following nomination by the Past President of the Young Business Group, we were shortlisted and invited to give a short presentation to the Bill Green Award judging panel. The winner was announced at the YBG Ball on 30th June, and whilst we didn’t win (congratulations to the School of Popular Music) it was an honour to be a finalist for this award.

New Committee Positions for Christopher

In May 2018, following his re-election as Vice-Chairman of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA) the previous month, Christopher was selected to be one of the GIFA representatives on the Council of the Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA). Furthermore, last week Christopher became the Vice-President of the Guernsey Branch of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Midshore Moving Forward

Remaining in key positions within the financial services sector is key to Midshore’s positioning as a leading innovative consultancy. We have access to the right people, and can marry this level of access to our unique team composition to bring a technological approach to compliance and anti-money laundering. One of our key goals is to use technology to reduce the cost of compliance and assist Guernsey financial services businesses with being more competitive in today’s international market.

Our Brand New Online Training Platform

Posted on 30th May 2018 | by Christopher Jehan | Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Online Training Platform – Midshore Online Training (MOT).

MOT provides many great and useful features such as the ability to list users as Students and Teachers, making it easy for us to help you set up your very own “online classroom” for your business / organisation.

Teachers will be able to access reports on their students which will allow them to not only view how far through the course their student is but also see what grades have been achieved and who by, plus much more.

NOTE: The amount of Teachers / Students is up to you (example: 1 Teacher + 100 Students / 3 Teachers + 25 Students etc)

All of our training is now available to take via MOT and includes courses such as:

Our popular Data Protection Awareness Training (Guernsey & UK),
Different levels of Anti-Money Laundering Refresher Modules (All Staff / Compliance Officers & MLROs),
CISI Courses (such as the Introduction to Securities & Investments),
FATCA / CRS Awareness Training,
And More!

Any student that passes a course with the maximum grade will be awarded with an Online “Badge” which is not only designed for “bragging rights” but also to prove that the student has fully understood the materials provided during the course.
(These badges can only be obtained by achieving the maximum grade for the relevant course)

Each course has a test / quiz to complete at the end. A Certificate of Completion will be provided on completion of any course on request (CPD provided).

Check it out for yourself at:

www.MidshoreOnlineTraining.com

If you would like to learn more, or request a demo for your business / organisation, please contact us by using one of the methods below:

Telephone: (+44) 01481 730733

Email: enquiries@midshoreconsulting.com

AML Refresher Modules Available!

Posted on 17th April 2018 | by Christopher Jehan | Leave a Comment

AML Training is a requirement under Article 46 of the Fourth Anti Money Laundering Directive (AML4D) and The Channel Islands (both the Bailiwick of Guernsey and Jersey) have also made training a requirement within their AML / CFT Handbook’s.

With this in mind, Midshore have prepared AML Refresher Modules of which a certificate of completion will be awarded, you can view further details below.

Bulk discounts are available if booking any of the following modules for multiple staff members, if you are interested in this option please contact us with your requirements.

Bulk discounts are as follows:

2-10 Staff: 5%
10+ Staff: 10%

Anti-Money Laundering Refresher (Compliance Officers & MLROs)

Topics covered:

Introduction to Money Laundering
Guernsey Law & Regulation
Terrorist Financing
Suspicious Activity Reporting
Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Cost: £35

or call 01481 730733

AML Bribery Refresher Module (Compliance Officers & MLROs)

Topics covered:

Background to the UK Bribery Act
The Offences
What the Offences cover
When has an Offence been committed?
The Defences against charges of Bribery
Penalties, cases & latest developments

Cost: £35

AML Sanctions Refresher (Compliance Officers & MLROs)

Topics covered:

Sanctions
Global Markets
Trade Sanctions
Political, Economic & Financial Sanctions
Financial Sanctions in Guernsey
Financial Sanction Systems & Controls
Consequences of Sanctions

Cost: £35

or call 01481 730733

Guernsey Financial Services AML / CFT Refresher (2018)

Topics covered:

Money Laundering
Terrorist Financing
Proliferation Financing
Sanctions
Bribery & Corruption
Guernsey’s AML / CFT Regime

Cost: £35

or call 01481 730733

GDPR Services – Before & After May 25th – [Online email]

Posted on 11th April 2018 | by Christopher Jehan | Leave a Comment

GDPR Services, Before & After May 25th

Plus, your chance to book our May 3rd Workshop at our new Early Bird rate.

Email sent on 11/04/2018

There are now only 43 days until the new Data Protection Laws & Regulations go live! So what should you do?

By now most companies should have started making their way towards Data Protection compliance. With the implementation date of 25th May 2018 just around the corner, making sure you’re prepared is more crucial than ever. With this is mind, Midshore are able to provide you with a variety of services to help make sure that your company complies with the upcoming Data Protection Laws & Regulations and that compliance continues.

For those interested in our 3rd May Workshop (event information here), you can book this at our Early Bird rate of just £180 if your booking is before 18th April 2018. Please Contact enquiries@oldmidshore.com to reserve your space.

Before May 25th:

Workshop Designed to help implement your data protection strategy
Health Check To determine the current state of data protection in your business
Awareness Training To give your staff the knowledge to help your business be compliant
DP Ready Document Templates To provide your business with the fastest solution to having the right policies in place