The next event in the Inmarkets Management Briefing Series: "Communicating the implications of FSA reform" will take place on Tuesday, 27th of March. This event will be a good opportunity for you to learn from experts and peers about the Twin Peaks regulatory structure and other changes in FSA compliance, with a view of communicating these internally in your firm.

The briefing will take place at 8:30 am at the Fenchurch Suite in Hotel Andaz (next to the Liverpool Street Tube Station) in the City of London. Please note that the number of seats at our briefings is limited, so please email Lcannone@inmarkets.com at your earliest to reserve your place.

The briefing will be chaired by David Kenmir, ex-Managing Director of the FSA and now a Partner at PwC in the Regulation team, who is arguably one of the most knowledgeable regulation experts in the UK. He will lead the discussions to give you a detailed insight into how the reforms will impact your organisation. David will be joined by Charles Meade-King, a solicitor, compliance professional and Director of IFAct, a consultancy specialising in the delivery of training, guidance and audits in FSA Regulation. Catriona Razic, Director at Inmarkets, will discuss the implications of ongoing changes for your staff training.

This event is fully sponsored by Inmarkets. There is no charge for attendance but places are strictly limited.

Inmarkets is pleased to announce the release of its updated FSA compliance courses for 2012. These courses feature the recent changes in FSA's guidance and set the scene for the transition to twin peaks regulation, that itself prepares for the split into the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. The updated courses feature new examples, exercises and assessment questions to engage, inform and monitor staff in authorised firms. Versions of these courses are available for asset managers, brokers, insurers, banks and building societies.

Each month we invite you to review a new interactive anti-bribery scenario drawn from Transparency International UK’s “Doing Business Without Bribery” e-learning solution. This month’s scenario follows the story of a young executive who wins her first contract, but then finds herself getting entrapped by seemingly innocent demands that could have a corrupt outcome and violate the UK Bribery Act (UKBA). At each critical juncture of the story you will have the opportunity to advise the executive on the best course of action, and in the process learn how to avoid and resist bribery when dealing with public bodies.

To access the scenario please login to our Essential Learning Portal - if you do not already have a username and password you will be to register for a free account.

“Doing Business Without Bribery” has been developed by Transparency International with the support of FTI consulting and Inmarkets. For more information about how you can use this solution to meet UKBA’s "adequate" procedures requirement for your company, please contact us.

Inmarkets has released a new Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Assessment module.

The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 aim to protect the health of people who work with DSE. To comply with these regulations organisations must:

> Provide training for users on the risks involved in sustained use of DSE and how to mitigate these risks through safe behaviour and practices.
> Assess employee workstations and reduce the risks caused by DSE

The Inmarkets DSE Assessment tool provides an efficient and robust mechanism for achieving both of these objectives.

The DSE Assessment module is an interactive e-learning course that guides employees through the process of assessing their workstation and captures their responses to a series of self assessment questions. The questions are based on the checklist provided by the Health and Safety Executive.

Your Health and Safety advisors (or other personnel responsible for DSE) will be able to access the DSE Case Management System. This system helps advisers to manage individual cases efficiently and keeps track of all related communication. You can also use the diagnostic reporting to identify recurring problems and risk areas across your organisation.

Click here to find out more about the DSE Assessment tool or login to our Essential Learning Portal to try it out for yourself (if you do not already have a username and password you can register for a free account).

Inmarkets has joined forces with EthicsPoint, a leading provider of integrated hotline and web-based ethics and compliance reporting systems, to provide a complete package for the assessment and management of risk in your organisation.

The solutions EthicsPoint offer are a perfect complement to Inmarkets’ essential learning courses, which raise awareness of how to identify and deal with unethical behaviour. The EthicsPoint system offers a mechanism for employees to report such concerns and provides your legal and compliance function with powerful case management tools.

To celebrate our partnership, EthicsPoint and Inmarkets are delighted to offer you a discount. If you purchase an Inmarkets e-learning course, you will be eligible to a discount of 10% off your first year subscription fees on any EthicsPoint solution purchased before 31st May 2012.*

The EthicsPoint Anti-Bribery Solution helps you:

> Gain a more complete picture of the potentially harmful risk events being faced by your organization
> Create a defensible position by implementing and documenting your response to the adequate procedures
> Reduce the risk of bribes taking place within your organization by providing employees with the ability to bring issues forward quickly, easily and in a uniform manner

The solution includes:

Whistleblower Hotline and Gift Registry
> Anonymous 24x7 hotline/helpline available in 200 languages, giving your employees, vendors and partners the ability to report potential concerns across the globe
> Web-based Anti-Bribery Report Form, allowing employees and supervisors to capture potential bribery incidents, misconduct, and inappropriate gifts and gratuities in a uniform manner

Powerful Case Management
> Identify, audit and track risk events across your entire organization
> Fully customizable workflows ensure consistent issue handling and resolution

Benchmarking, Analysis and Reporting
> Reveal risk trends and patterns from across your organization
> Easily create custom dashboards to tracka wide variety of data 
> Measure year-over-year performance of your compliance program and compare to industry standards

* This discount is not available to existing EthicsPoint customers

We are pleased to announce that the structured e-learning version of Doing Business Without Bribery is now available for purchase from Inmarkets. This course has been developed by Transparency International UK with the support of Inmarkets and FTI consulting, and represents a benchmark in practical anti-bribery training.

You can use this course as a part of adequate procedures to raise awareness and/or provide practical training. Unlike the free untracked version of this course available from Transparency International UK, the structured e-learning version enables you to assess your staff's understanding, maintain records and generate reports for audit. Click here to find out more.

You may also be interested in the proceedings of the "How Effective is Anti-Bribery Training" conference where we launched the course.

1) Chandrashekhar Krishnan, Executive Director of Transparency International UK, underlined the importance of training and how this follows directly from the Adequate Procedures guidance that TI-UK published last year.
2) Richard Alderman, Director of the SFO, delivered the keynote address in which he spoke about trends in the fight against bribery and corruption in 2012. Click the link below to see the full text of his speech.
http://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/our-views/director's-speeches/speeches-2012/transparency-international-anti-bribery-training-launch---how-effective-is-anti-bribery-training.aspx  
3) Catriona Razic, Director of Inmarkets, introduced the Doing Business Without Bribery E-learning course, and explained how individuals and companies can benefit from using it. Click the following link to view her presentation: http://www.youtube.com/user/InmarketsAntiBribery  
4) Lord Newby chaired the panel discussion. The panel comprised Peter Lloyd, CEO of Mabey Bridge, Graham Clarke, Director of Group Security at Centrica, Nick Benwell of Simmons & Simmons, and Julian Glass of FTI Consulting. Some of the key points to emerge were:
a. Many companies have created policies, but it is now time to take action.
b. Even though a tough stance on bribery may lead to a loss of business in the short term, that can be reversed as the company is seen to be sticking to ethical principles.
c. E-learning is an efficient way of training large numbers. However, the people working in the field in higher risk jurisdictions need very specialist training, often on the job.