Course Details

We all have to do client AML Risk Assessments – lots of them! But why do we do them? What purpose does the CCAB Guidance suggest they serve? In the real world, what should we hope to get from them? How can we make completing them a useful exercise? Should we always use the same risk assessment questions? In a nutshell – how should we do a client AML Risk Assessment?


In this session David Winch covers the following topics:

  • What elements absolutely must be present in a client AML Risk Assessment?
  • In the real world, why do we do these?
  • Do we need different risk assessment questions in different situations?
  • Some examples of client AML Risk Assessments
  • Some risk assessment questions you may want to add to your template

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CPD Course Speaker

BCom FCA - Director

David Winch

David has had over 30 years’ experience in accountancy with a wide variety of firms and their clients ranging from the smallest to major multi-nationals. He is author of numerous articles and two books, 'Money Laundering for Lawyers: the new requirements and their practical implications' (with Janet Bazley KC) and 'A Practical Guide to Confiscation and Restraint' (with Narita Bahra KC and John Carl Townsend). David is also a forensic accountant, an experienced expert witness and a speaker at conferences and training events as a nationally recognised authority on money laundering, proceeds of crime and confiscation.