Anti-Money Laundering for Investment Management Training

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Course Summary

Money laundering touches more roles than you’d expect, including investment management. This Ethena course covers core AML and CFT duties, from legal foundations and KYC to monitoring, reporting, and emerging risks.

AML laws, agencies, and CFT obligations
KYC and customer due diligence essentials
Transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting
Spotting red flags and emerging risks

Included Modules:

Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering

Sets up why AML training matters, showing with real-world examples how close everyday employees in finance can be to money laundering schemes.

AML Basics

Explains what money laundering is and walks through its three stages, placement, layering, and integration, so you can recognize how it works.

AML Legal Landscape

Outlines the key US money laundering laws, including the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.

How Trade Is Used to Launder Money

Shows how criminals exploit trade through over- and under-invoicing and phantom shipments to move illicit funds across borders undetected.

AML and CFT: What You Need to Know

Connects anti-money laundering with counter-terrorist financing, explaining how both threats overlap and what your obligations are under each.

Know Your Customer

Breaks down what a healthy KYC program includes and defines core concepts like beneficial owner, CIP, CDD, and EDD in plain terms.

AML for Investment Management

Focuses on AML risks specific to investment firms, including how funds, advisers, and client relationships can be exploited to launder money.

Practical Anti-Money Laundering Strategies

Offers hands-on tactics for applying AML controls day to day, from verifying customers to escalating concerns through the right internal channels.

Emerging Risks

Looks at newer money laundering threats, including cryptocurrency, virtual assets, and evolving schemes that test traditional AML controls.

Transaction Monitoring and Reporting

Explains how to monitor activity for suspicious patterns and file a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) accurately and on time when red flags appear.

What's at Stake: Money Laundering

Underscores the real consequences of money laundering, from fines and criminal penalties to reputational damage for individuals and firms alike.

Why is this training important for workplaces?

Investment firms are an attractive route for moving dirty money, which is exactly why anti-money laundering rules put the responsibility on them to know their clients and flag suspicious transactions. When teams miss the warning signs, the firm can face heavy regulatory penalties, frozen business, and lasting damage to its reputation and client relationships. This training helps your people recognize red flags, handle reporting the right way, and keep the firm on the right side of its AML obligations. Getting it right protects the business, its clients, and the integrity of the markets it works in.

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