FSDC holds forum to explore career opportunities in financial compliance
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The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), in collaboration with the School of Professional and Continuing Education of the University of Hong Kong and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, today (February 28) hosted a forum to explore career opportunities in financial compliance.
The forum was the 18th event under the FSDC's Practitioner Speaker Series. Entitled "Career Opportunities in Financial Compliance", the forum featured Partner and Head of the Financial Services Practice, Deacons, Mr Jeremy Lam, who also serves as a member of the FSDC Policy Research Committee; and Partner, Asset and Wealth Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms Josephine Kwan, who also serves as a member of the FSDC Mainland Opportunities Committee.
Mr Lam specialises in financial services with a particular emphasis on retail investment funds. He also advises on a wide range of securities, licensing, compliance and regulatory issues pertaining to the asset management industry. Mr Lam said, "Compliance with increasing financial regulation is often cited by senior management as one of the key challenges facing the financial services industry. A strong compliance culture has become the DNA sought after by all successful institutions. A well-run compliance department is no longer 'just a nice to have', it has become the critical gene upon which an institution's survival now rests."
Together with Ms Kwan, who has over 20 years of extensive experience in advising clients on internal control, valuation, regulatory and compliance matters, the two speakers discussed the challenges of compliance, the attributes of a good compliance officer, and how to build a successful career in compliance and risk management.
The FSDC's Practitioner Speaker Series is a project developed between FSDC and local universities, with speakers from the financial services industry giving talks to university students about important industry facts and the skill sets required in developing a career in financial services.
About the FSDC
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government established the FSDC in 2013 as a high-level, cross-sectoral advisory body to engage the industry in formulating proposals to promote the further development of Hong Kong's financial services industry and to map out the strategic direction for development.
The FSDC set up five committees, namely the Policy Research Committee, the Mainland Opportunities Committee, the New Business Committee, the Market Development Committee and the Human Capital Committee, as the five streams of its work.
Ends/Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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