-
to promote, for the
benefit of the public and financial services industries of the
Region, high levels of skill, knowledge, professional competence
and integrity on the part of compliance officers, and equivalent
office holders however described, of organisations in the
Region;
-
to promote the
study, research and development of the practice of compliance
(including corporate governance) in the Region and to publish,
disseminate or otherwise make available the results of such
study or research;
-
to promote the
principles and recommendations advocated by the Financial Action
Task Force and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force;
-
to identify the key
issues of compliance which are relevant to the financial markets
and services provided within the Region;
-
to provide a
platform to assess the current level of activity of compliance
across the Region, and to assess potential needs and priorities
in order to develop a proper and appropriate compliance culture;
-
to provide, where
possible and appropriate, members throughout the Region with
practical training, education and information to assist with the
implementation and maintenance of effective compliance and
anti-money laundering programs in their respective
jurisdictions;
-
to provide a forum
for discussion of new legislation and internationally accepted
best practice relevant to the role of the compliance officer and
the financial services industries in the Region;
-
to provide a forum
for networking and sharing information;
-
to assist members in
ensuring that their own representatives or members remain or
become good corporate citizens;
-
to raise funding or
pool resources, where possible and appropriate, in the Region in
an effort to facilitate the deterrence and combating of money
launderers, terrorists and the likes from damaging or abusing
the financial services in the Region;
-
to provide an
interface between the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force or
other inter-governmental bodies, regulators and law enforcement
agencies and otherwise to represent the interests of the
Association to government bodies and agencies;
-
to engender,
maintain and enhance confidence in the administration of
financial services, both in the Region and internationally;
-
to represent the
interests and objectives of the Association globally;
-
to support other
like-minded groups, associations and organisations in the
pursuit of better compliance and corporate governance;
-
to advance the
interests of the Association and to provide facilities, services
and benefits for the Association and its members; and
-
to do all such other
lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the pursuance or
attainment of any of the principal objects in consideration of
its members.
