Updated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Module for the SEC Certification Examination

March 28, 2019ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING DEPARTMENTTO:All Capital Market Participants/Professionals and Other Interested Parties   SUBJECT:Updated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Module for the SEC Certification Examination NOTICEThe Commission invites the stakeholders and interested parties to provide comments on the attached draft Updated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Module for the SEC Certification Examination. This will serve as a study material for prospective capital market professionals who will take Phase 1 of the SEC Certification Examination. Comments on the said draft may be submitted through email to Ms. Rosemarie O. Aguilar ([email protected]) of the Economic Research and Training Department until 15 April 2019.Issued on March 28, 2019.ATTACHMENTCertification Examination Phase 1Anti-Money Laundering ModuleUpdated Module Content — 21 March 2019The objective of this module is to assist covered persons/institutions in understanding the Anti-Money Laundering Act (RA No. 9160), as amended, (AMLA) and its 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (2016 RIRR); Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations; duties and responsibilities of the covered persons/institutions; and regulatory issuances of both the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).PART...