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SARs Reporter Booklet May 2025
- 04 Jun 2025
This booklet contains a summary of feedback from law enforcement agencies on their use of SARs. This issue provides a snapshot of some of the examples UKFIU receive highlighting the work of law enforcement agencies in utilising SAR intelligence to initiate investigations and informing existing ones.
University of Leeds free conference 17 July: ‘Behind Closed Books: Money Laundering in UK Insolvency Proceedings’
- 27 May 2025
Book your place at a free conference addressing the lack of scrutiny regarding anti-money laundering implementation in the insolvency sector.
ICAEW Audit Monitoring Report 2025
- 27 May 2025
ICAEW has published its Audit Monitoring Report 2025, which provides a snapshot of results from last year’s quality assurance monitoring reviews. With 401 reviews conducted in 2024 and 790 audit files reviewed, the report highlights examples of best practice, common audit weaknesses, and progress with ISQM 1 implementation.
HMRC bulletin: Individual Voluntary Arrangements mailbox
- 16 May 2025
The introduction of mandatory email subject headings has been put in place by HMRC to help it deal with IVA enquiries as efficiently as possible. Read the bulletin for a summary of the new requirement.
Financial sanctions guidance for insolvency practitioners
- 15 May 2025
From 14 May, High Value Dealers, Art Market Participants , Letting Agents and Insolvency Practitioners are legally required to comply with relevant firms reporting obligations in the UK. If you know or suspect you’re dealing with a sanctioned individual or entity during your work, you’ll now be legally required to report it to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
Disciplinary update: May 2025
- 15 May 2025
Take note of the latest disciplinary cases to ensure you or your firm are not making similar mistakes.
Code of Ethics update: professional behaviour in practice
- 14 May 2025
ICAEW’s updated Code of Ethics comes into effect on 1 July. One of the key revisions is a rewording of the provisions on professional behaviour to recognise the changing world of work and how members’ professional lives are evolving. Sophie Wales, ICAEW’s Director of Regulatory Policy, and Carrie Langridge, Head of General, Compliance and Tax Investigations Team at ICAEW, outline the changes and explain why they better reflect how members should interact with clients, colleagues and the wider public.
Professional Standards Update May 2025
- 14 May 2025
This month we remind you of our new training film launching next week, and spotlight proposed updates to ICAEW’s Sanctions Guidance. You’ll also find insights from our AML and audit monitoring reviews and key reminders on upcoming regulatory changes. Plus, don’t miss your chance to register for webinars and events offering verifiable CPD across probate, AML, and insolvency.
ICAEW appoints new Regulatory Board Chair
- 14 May 2025
Parjinder Basra has been appointed as the new chair of the ICAEW Regulatory Board (IRB). The IRB is responsible for oversight of ICAEW’s regulatory and disciplinary work to ensure that it is acting in the public interest and strengthening trust in the profession.
Audit monitoring insights 2025
- 12 May 2025
This series of webinars presented by ICAEW’s Quality Assurance Department will provide insights to support audit firms to improve and maintain their audit quality. The events will pick up on the themes identified in our Audit Monitoring Report, providing feedback on findings from 2024 monitoring visits, including common issues and examples of good practice.
Supporting our survey for clients of legal services
- 07 May 2025
Help us understand how empowered probate clients are in choosing a provider. Our survey aims to gauge consumers’ experiences with accessing legal services.
ICAEW AML supervisory role and activity q1 2025
- 02 May 2025
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Find out about our AML supervisory role and activity in the first quarter of the year.
Safeguarding the quality of your audits: part 3
- 02 May 2025
This is the last of three practical articles aimed at firms who may not have found it easy to interpret the requirements of ISQM1 and scale them to fit. Following on from the topics of monitoring and root cause analysis, this article covers remedial action, including assessing its effectiveness, and finishes with a look at annual evaluation.
Quality Assurance monitoring feedback results
- 01 May 2025
Find out what our firms thought of the monitoring review process in 2025’s first quarter.
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