What is the expectation for company secretaries in conducting their institutional risk assessment (IRA)? Can the IRA be thematic and how frequent must it be conducted?聽聽鍏徃绉樹功鍦ㄨ繘琛屾満鏋勯闄╄瘎浼帮紙Institutional Risk Assess
What is the expectation for company secretaries in conducting their institutional risk assessment (IRA)? Can the IRA be thematic and how frequent must it be conducted?聽聽鍏徃绉樹功鍦ㄨ繘琛屾満鏋勯闄╄瘎浼帮紙Institutional Risk Assess
What is the expectation for company secretaries in conducting their institutional risk assessment (IRA)? Can the IRA be thematic and how frequent must it be conducted?
Answer: Paragraph 8 of the SSM’s guidelines require company secretaries to identify, assess and understand their ML/TF risk in relation to the following parameters: (i) customers; (ii) countries or geographical areas; (iii) products, services, transactions or delivery channels; and (iv) other relevant risk factors.
Company secretaries’ first IRA must be comprehensive, covering all the above-mentioned parameters i.e. customers, countries/geographical areas and products/ services/ transactions and delivery channel, at minimum. Company secretaries may choose to update the IRA on a thematic basis. Company secretaries may consider to set the frequency of the IRA on a specific period e.g. every 1 to 2 years or where circumstances have changed that may warrant a refresh of the IRA, e.g. material changes in risk profile, significant internal audit finding, changes in business direction, new typologies suggested by authorities or the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), or when embarking in new technologies, etc.