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Recertification seminar
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Regulations

Context

Faced with a constantly changing regulatory environment, this short, targeted training course enables banking professionals to keep up to date with the latest requirements. Designed to meet the needs of bank employees and independent wealth managers, it provides an effective refresher on the most recent regulatory developments, ensuring compliance and mastery of best market practices.

Key objectives

This training leads to 24 SAQ re-certification points for the following accreditations:
- Certified Wealth Management Advisor (CWMA)
- Certified Individual Client Advisor (CI)
- Certified Private Client Advisor (CP)
- Certified Corporate Banker (CCoB)
- Certified Client Advisor (SME)
- Certified Client Advisor (AFF)

Target audience

- Bank managers and advisors, non-customer-facing banking executives, auditors
- Qualified executives
- Holders of one of the above SAQ certifications

Stakeholders

ISFB lecturers have been working in the banking and financial world, or in their respective fields, for many years and are recognized as some of the best experts in our ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland.

Practical information

You will receive a re-certification certificate at the end of the course.

Price

Public : CHF 3'535.-
Member : CHF 2'650.-

Admission requirements

The seminar can be taken as a whole or in modules:

Public price per module: CHF 730.00
Member price per module: CHF 550

SMR1

Overview of regulatory developments

Contents:
- Overview of regulatory changes since 2023
- Implementation of Basel III final in Switzerland
-- Qualitative aspects in quantitative terms
-- Qualitative credit requirements
- New developments in risk management
-- Risk monitoring 2025
-- New FINMA ORR and OLiq regulations
-- Nature-related financial risks
- Change in deposit guarantees
- Discussion of various minor regulatory changes not covered in other courses

Duration: 4h00

Format: In-person

Possible contributors: GIACOLETTO Enrico

Individual price :

Public: CHF 730
Member: $550

SMR2

Sustainability and ESG

Contents:
- International context and impact on Switzerland
- Guidelines for financial service providers on integrating ESG preferences and ESG risks into investment advice and asset management
- Review of developments in Switzerland and abroad in the area of sustainability and financial disclosure for banks
- Review of changes to the Swiss Climate Score
- Self-regulation on transparency and disclosure of sustainability-related information by collective investment schemes (AMAS)

Duration: 4h00

Format: In-person

Possible speakers: DAHMANI Malek

Individual price :

Public: CHF 730
Member: $550

SMR3

Operational risk and resilience

Contents:
- Entry into force of FINMA Circular 23/01.
- Discussion of the various requirements and initial feedback.
- Operational resilience
- ICT risk management
- Cyber risk management
- Critical data risk management
- BCM

Duration: 4h00

Format: In-person

Possible speakers: CHANTRIER Gilles

Individual price :

Public: CHF 730
Member: $550

SMR4

Compliance

Contents:
- LTPM and OTPM
- Revision of the AMLA and AMO
- MROS typology reports
- Agreement between Switzerland and the United Kingdom
- Other news
- L-QIF
- FINMA Communication 05/2023

Duration: 4h00

Format: In-person

Possible participants: AVDIJA Taulant

Individual price :

Public: CHF 730
Member: $550

SMR5

Business development

Content:
Developing your eloquence and commercial presence

Duration: 4h00

Format: In-person

Possible speakers: KHADAM Kinan

Individual price :

Public: CHF 730
Member: $550

SMR6a

EAR, FATCA

Contents: Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) obligations
· Reminder of the international context and international rules
· Reminder of Swiss legislation and implementation
· Presentation of changes to the LEAR, OEAR and various other applicable documents
· Presentation of the extension to crypto-assets.

Reminders regarding FATCA and developments
· Reminder of the international context and international rules
· Presentation of the change in the reporting model for Switzerland
· Explanation of the impacts

Duration: 2h00

Format: In-person

Possible speakers: DE BOCCARD Guillaume

Individual price :

General admission: CHF 365
Membership: CHF 275

SMR6b

Développements en matière de cryptoactifs

Contents: Developments in cryptoassets
· LEFin draft consultation: discussion of the two new authorization categories and the proposed Swiss approach to the issuance of cryptoassets. Comparison with other countries.
· Issuance of cryptoassets in Switzerland (reminder of current rules) and presentation of the stable payment cryptoasset issuance project
· Presentation of the requirements of FINMA Communication 2026/01 concerning the custody of cryptoassets

Duration: 2h00

Possible contributors: HOMSY Biba

Individual price :

General admission: CHF 365
Membership: CHF 275

Follow the latest regulatory news with Enrico Giacoletto

Enrico Giacoletto, CFA, FRM - easyReg Sàrl

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Enrico GIACOLETTO

Enrico Giacoletto founded EasyReg in December 2018 to create e-Reg, an application that simplifies and digitizes work with financial regulations. He helps numerous clients, mainly private banks in Geneva and Lugano, to better manage their risks and implement regulatory changes. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. For one of the Big4 firms, he was market manager for the Financial Services – Risk department in French-speaking Switzerland. Enrico Giacoletto is a CFA charterholder and holds FRM (Financial Risk Manager) certification.

Malek Dahmani

With 15 years of investment experience, Malek Dahmani joined Bruellan in 2022 to strengthen European equity and sustainable investment management. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at LOIM, where he initiated and managed a strategy focused on European family-owned companies. A graduate of the Geneva Graduate Institute, Malek completed his studies with a management program at IMD and the CFA ESG certificate.

Gilles CHANTRIER

Gilles Chantrier is a finance professional specializing in risk management and financial control. He holds a degree in economics from HEG Lausanne and has completed training in banking risk management at INSEAD. He has worked at Swissquote since the early 2000s, where he has held several management positions in accounting, internal control, reporting, and risk management. Since 2017, he has been Chief Risk Officer of the Swissquote Group. At the same time, he is a member of several boards of directors within the Swissquote Group entities in Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Asia.

Taulant Avdija

Taulant Avdija is a licensed attorney, partner, and head of the Regulatory & Compliance department at BDO in Geneva and Zurich, where he has been practicing for 10 years. He assists financial institutions with audits, investigations, and advisory mandates, particularly in the areas of anti-money laundering, governance, sanctions, cross-border compliance, and investor protection.
He also holds a CAS in Digital Finance Law (University of Geneva) and a CAS in Financial Regulation (Universities of Bern and Geneva).

Kinan Khadam

Kinan Khadam a débuté sa carrière en 2004 dans les marchés financiers, en passant par les fonctions Back, Middle et Front Office, avant de poursuivre dans la gestion de portefeuilles sur mesure. À Dubaï, il a exercé comme Chief Investment Officer, puis comme responsable des activités commerciales de l’ensemble de l’offre bancaire.

Guillaume DE BOCCARD

Guillaume a acquis une expérience spécifique en exerçant au barreau de Genève, en travaillant chez Credit Suisse à Zurich et en tant que membre de l'équipe chargée des projets juridiques et réglementaires chez Pictet & Cie, où il a notamment travaillé sur les projets Rubik, FATCA, Cross-border et CFTC. Il a fondé de Boccard Conseil SA en réponse à la demande croissante de conformité aux nouvelles réglementations financières et afin de développer une collaboration constructive, fructueuse et durable avec les institutions financières et les intermédiaires. Guillaume de Boccard est associé gérant de Geneva Compliance Group, une société qui fournit des services de conseil en matière de conformité et de déclaration fiscale aux institutions financières depuis la fusion de de Boccard Conseil SA.

Biba HOMSY

Biba Homsy is a lawyer in Luxembourg and Switzerland, specializing in crypto-assets, compliance, and regulatory issues. Active in the field of blockchain and crypto-assets since 2015, she heads her boutique law firm Homsy Legal, with four associates in Geneva and Luxembourg, assisting private players with a specialization in regulation, compliance, financial services, and crypto-assets. Previously, she led teams at the Swiss regulator FINMA for five years as Head of International Cooperation, and was also Chief Compliance Officer for CREDIT SUISSE, where she oversaw Luxembourg and its European branches (France, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Netherlands), with responsibility for a team of 40 people. She holds two master's degrees in law (from French and Swiss universities) and a certification in regulation from Harvard Law School.