Program Overview

6th OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference

WHEN: Sunday - Tuesday, April 13-15, 2008.

WHERE: Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club, Ft Lauderdale, Florida U.S.A.

If you work, invest, or conduct any type of business in offshore financial centers or regulate those that do, regardless of where you live, you should not want to miss our 2008 conference, which is entitled 'The Unexpurgated Offshore'.

Our conference will deliver comprehensive, independent, and unfettered information about the complex world of offshore finance so that you may reduce your business risk, improve the efficiency of your capital, and make important new relationships with people of influence, expertise, and wealth.

Much of the conference will comprise three concurrent tracks called 'Compliance 101'; 'Jurisdictions 360°'; and 'Offshore A - Z'.

General sessions include a keynote debate between pro-offshore and anti-offshore parties about the role offshore financial centers play in the global economy, while another debate will ponder the statement: 'My Way or the Highway: The United States is Regulating Itself Into Economic Decline. Other general sessions will inform attendees 'How to Utilize Offshore Financial Centers WITHOUT Breaking the Law', and go into 'Steps OFCs Must Take to Thrive in the Modern Era'.

Conference Overview

Sunday, April 13, 2008

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Early Check-in

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Welcome Cocktail Reception

Monday, April 14, 2008

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM - Continental Breakfast & Check-In

8:20 AM - 5:30 PM - Conference Sessions

5:30 - 7:30 PM - Networking Cocktail Reception

(Including continental breakfast, breaks and lunch.)

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

7:30 - 8:30 AM - Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM - Conference Sessions

(Including continental breakfast, breaks and lunch.)

View complete 2008 program.

Offshore Compliance 101

Offshore Compliance 101 is aimed at financial institutions and others conducting cross-border transactions which are required to comply with laws that are becoming increasingly harsh on transgressors.

The Offshore Compliance 101 track is chaired by leading Offshore Compliance Specialist Nancy J. Saur, CAMS, FICA, who founded the Cayman Islands Compliance Association. A practitioner for over 27 years in the international financial community, Nancy is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and holds an International Diploma in Compliance. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of the International Compliance Association and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

Offshore Compliance 101 comprises the following sessions:

How to Build a Risk Assessment Tool - Bring Your PC!
Preparing for the Worst: How to Implement an Effective Disaster Recovery Plan.
Managing Projects: Risk Management from Proposal Request Through Post Implementation.
Merchants & Cards: How to Manage Risks Associated with Pre-Paid Cards, Credit Cards & Debit Cards.
How to Reduce False Positives When Screening Clients Against Data.
Your KYC was Fine but Your Client Isn't. What Do You Do Now? How to Deal With Problem Clients While Minimizing Liability.
How to Mainain a Mutually Satisfactory Correspondent Banking Relationship.

Offshore A - Z

Offshore A - Z will concentrate on liquidations, asset recovery, and offshore products such as trusts, hedge funds, insurance structures, and Special Purpose Vehicles.

Offshore A - Z comprises the following sessions:

Structured Finance & Insurance: How Complex Legal and Corporate Entities are Used to Manage Risk and Capital.
Hedge Funds: What are the Tax, Investment, Bureaucratic, Legal, Cost, & Regulatory Advantages of an Offshore Hedge Fund?
How to Legally Obtain Information in Offshore Financial Centers.
Warning Signs That an Offshore Entity is Being Used for Illegal Activity.
How to Bust an Offshore Trust.
The Use of Bankruptcy Proceedings as an International Asset Recovery Tool.
International Asset Recovery: A Case Study.

Jurisdictions 360°

A comprehensive analysis of eight of the most significant offshore financial centers, with each session comprising three experts from each jurisdiction being analyzed. Each OFC will be looked at in terms of laws, regulatory regime, quality of civil and criminal justice, niche segments, transparency, political stability, corruption, fraud, money laundering, tax exchange information agreements, mutual legal assistance treaties, international reputation, cost, infrastructure, work permits for expatriates, telecommunications, and a lot more.

The allotted time is 60 to 75 minutes per country.

Jurisdictions 360° comprises the following sessions: