SGV Financial Services Organization (FSO) Partner Veronica Mae Arce Balisi led an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist and Proliferation Financing (CTPF) training session as part of Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) Academy’s Capital Markets and Fixed Income Securities Course on 4 October 2025, held via Zoom. The initiative aimed to deepen participants’ understanding of AML and CTPF principles and risk management practices.
The session featured four key areas: Importance of sustained vigilance beyond regulatory milestones; Foundational insights into Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Financing (ML/TF/PF); AML Regulatory Landscape exploring global frameworks and their local applications; and strategies for mitigating ML/TF/PF risks for Capital Markets professionals.
Capital Markets and Development (CMD) Committee Chairman Pamela Louise Victoriano opened the session with welcoming remarks. SGV Risk Consulting Senior Associates Ayessa Marie Angeles and Coleen Mae D. Panuela facilitated the training, with support from Risk Consulting Associates Ace B. Limpin, David John A. Velasco, Joy Franzen M. Alinood and Jud Hugo S. Landero.
Veronica concluded the session with a strong reminder that exiting the grey list is not the end but the beginning of a more vigilant and responsible journey. She emphasized that vigilance is not optional and that compliance is a shared responsibility across all levels. By strengthening risk awareness, focusing on the fundamentals, and sustaining reforms, we move beyond compliance toward protecting trust in our financial system and helping build a stronger, more transparent, and resilient Philippines.
