CREATESPACE AML Auditing - Understanding Investment Banking: Volume 12

This book is a must for all AML/KYC audit and compliance staff whose responsibilities encompass investment banking!The author, Bob Walsh, is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in this field. He is convinced that providing audit and compliance professionals with a better understanding of how investment banking functions can dramatically improve related AML/KYC compliance and audit results. This book serves as a practical guide for financial, compliance and audit staff by providing a thorough description of investment banking and the complex world of money laundering. Topics covered include underwriting, market making, agent function, distribution, pricing, dilution, private placement, and more.This book is one in a series of extraordinary financial books in which Bob Walsh details the function and operation of key financial services for the benefit of AML/KYC audit and compliance professionals.The information presented was composed from his 30 years of hands-on experience in the banking and financial industry working with domestic and international banks, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and AML/KYC consulting agencies on some of the more notorious cases in banking history. As one of the leading authorities in the field, Mr. Walsh assists banks with AML/KYC auditing, investigations, compliance assessments, remediations and related AML/KYC technical training. His office is located in New York; he may be reached by email at: walsh516@aol.com. About the Author Bob Walsh is a subject-matter-expert in the international banking and financial services industry. He is a CAMs certified Anti-money Laundering/Know Your Customer (AML/KYC) specialist with over 30 years of “hands-on” experience spanning U.S. and international banking and the financial services industry. After serving many years as a Vice President at large money-center banks, Mr. Walsh worked on major AML/KYC consulting projects involving transaction monitoring, “Lookbacks,” SARs writing, retail and institutional remediations, and AML/KYC procedures writing and technical training. Bob Walsh has authored several AML/KYC compliance books: AML Auditing and Internal Controls; AML/KYC Compliance; AML Transaction Monitoring; How Terrorists Move Money Through Banks; Know Your Customer Compliance; Currency Transaction Reporting (CTRs); Fraud and Embezzlement; and a series of AML auditing books uniquely designed to benefit AML auditors and compliance staff by enhancing their understanding of how key financial services operate. Mr. Walsh has also authored texts that describe the inner workings of major financial services including: Depository Trust Company and Clearing; ERISA Compliance; Foreign Exchange; Global Custody Services; Global Securities Industry; International Capital Markets; Investment Banking, Mutual Funds, SEC Compliance; Securities Lending; Subcustodian Network Management; and Types of Securities. Bob Walsh established a MBA accredited program at New York University and Wayne State University on International Capital Markets, conducted AML/KYC technical training for FBI Special Agents and Federal Reserve Bank of New York Examiners. As one of the leading authorities in the field, Mr. Walsh assists banks with AML/KYC auditing, investigations, compliance assessments, remediations and related AML/KYC technical training. His office is located in New York; he may be reached by email at: walsh516@aol.com.