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08:30 |
Registration And Morning Refreshments |
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09:00 |
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Andrew Barstow, Advisory Leader, MENA Financial Services, Ernst &
Young, UAE
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OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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| 09:10 |
A Comprehensive Understanding Of How The U.S.
Government’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
Affects Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) In The Middle East
Markus Weber, Group Tax/Group QI Compliance, UBS AG, Switzerland
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| 09:55 |
FATCA Implementation Timeline: Key Dates For Implementation And Compliance
David Cafferty, Compliance Offcer/MLRO, Saxo Bank Dubai Limited, UAE |
| 10:30 |
Morning Coffee And Networking Opportunity |
| 11:10 |
Running A FATCA Project: Defining Your Strategy, Practical Planning And Tackling The FATCA Compliance Challenges
Ranjith Kumar, Senior Director, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young,
Bahrain |
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INTERNATIONAL FATCA COMPLIANCE COMPLETION KEYNOTE
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| 12.10 |
From Concept To Implementation: Learning From The
Experience Of Euroclear To Reach The Stage Of Complete
FATCA Compliance
Sophie Biourge, Director, Product Management, Euroclear, Belgium
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| 12:45 |
Networking Lunch
Meet a selection of the day’s speakers up-close for an informal lunchtime dialogue |
| 13:45 |
FATCA Reporting Requirement Guidance For FFIs
Karlheinz Moll, Founder, SPIROCO Consulting, Germany |
| 14.15 |
Preparing Your FATCA Model Through The Right Value Chain
CPIFinancial warned on 16 November that “All banks and life insurance
companies which have US source income or handle US source income
will be affected since all US source income might be subject to 30 per
cent US withholding tax if they are not FATCA compliant.” With the
regulatory drafting process taking many months, now is the time to
take action to ensure you are ready to comply with FATCA’s looming
1 January 2013 deadline. Designing
Matthias Geurts, Director, Tax Group, Deutsche Bank, Germany
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PANEL DISCUSSION
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| 14:45 |
Meeting More Rigorous Know Your Customer (KYC) Requirements
Karlheinz Moll, Founder, SPIROCO Consulting, Germany
Matthias Geurts, Director, Tax Group, Deutsche Bank, Germany
David Cafferty, Senior Compliance Advisory Specialist, Clyde & Co
LLP, UAE
Ross McGill, Managing Director, GlobeTax, UK
Matt Gamble, Director, Head of Anti-Money Laundering Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority |
| 15:45 |
Afternoon Coffee And Networking Session |
| 16:15 |
Account Documentation Issues Arising From FATCA Requirements
Ross McGill, Managing Director, Globe Tax, USA
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| 16:30 |
The importance, implications and concerns of FATCA
Sunil Thacker, Legal & Tax Councelor, Sunil Thacker
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| 16:45 |
Keynote presentation: The rising waters of the extraterritorial jurisdiction
Matt Gamble, Director, Head of Anti-Money Laundering Supervision, Dubai Financial Services Authority
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| 17:15 |
Chairman’s Closing Remarks And Close Of FATCA 2012 Day 1 |