Anti-money Laundering Policy

Policy Statement

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL is committed to full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations regarding anti-money laundering procedures. KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL has adopted and will enforce the provisions set forth in Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, 2017 (‘AML Regulations’) in order to prevent and detect money laundering, terrorist financing and other illegal activities.

If KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL, its personnel and/or premises are inadvertently used for money laundering or other illegal activities, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL can be subject to potentially serious civil and/or criminal penalties. Therefore, it is imperative that every member, officer, director, and employee (each, an “employee”) is familiar with and complies with the policies and procedures set forth in this Compliance Manual.

This Compliance Statement is designed to assist all clients in adhering to KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s policy and procedures, which, if followed diligently, are designed to protect themselves, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL, its employees, its facilities and its activities from money laundering or other illegal activities.

To ensure that the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s policies and procedures are adhered to, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL shall designate an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (the “Compliance Officer”). The Compliance Officer is responsible for establishing and conducting employee training programs to ensure that all appropriate employees are aware of the applicable Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s Anti-Money Laundering Policies & Procedures and their responsibilities with respect to these policies.

Objectives

Comply with all Anti-Money Laundering Rules & Regulations of the jurisdictions it operates.
Require all employees to prevent, detect and report to the Compliance Officer all potential instances in which KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL or its employees, its facilities or its activities have been or are about to be used for money laundering, terrorist financing and other illegal activity.
Provide for a Compliance Officer who shall ensure adherence to the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL's Anti-Money Laundering Policies and Procedures.
Require all appropriate employees to attend anti-money laundering training sessions, so that all such employees are aware of their responsibilities under KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL's policies and procedures; this Compliance Manual; and as affected by current developments with respect to anti-money laundering events.

What is Money Laundering?

Money laundering involves the placement of illegally obtained money into legitimate financial systems so that monetary proceeds derived from criminal activity are transformed into funds with an apparently legal source.

Money laundering has many destructive consequences both for society as a whole and for those entities involved in money laundering activities. With respect to society as whole, money laundering may provide resources for drug dealers, terrorists and other criminals to operate and expand their criminal activities.

With respect to entities, any involvement, whether to instigate, assist, conceal, or ignore the source, nature, location, ownership or control of money laundering activities, can lead to both civil and criminal proceedings against both the individual and the entity involved. Additionally, the adverse effects, including the adverse publicity to the Firm associated with involvement in money laundering events cannot be emphasized enough.

Money laundering transactions may include:

Advising a potential or existing client on how to structure a transaction to avoid reporting and/or record keeping requirements;
Engaging in any activity while willfully or recklessly disregarding the source of the funds or the nature of the Clients transaction;
Engaging in any activity designed to hide the nature, location, source, ownership or control of proceeds of criminal activity;
Dealing in funds to facilitate criminal activity; or
Dealing in the proceeds of criminal activity.

Money laundering can involve the proceeds of drug dealings, terrorist activities, arms dealings, mail fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud or securities fraud, among other activities.

Controls to Prevent Money Laundering

To put in place internal controls and policies to ensure continuing compliance with the Rules & Regulations.
To appoint a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (Compliance Officer).
To establish / enhance record keeping systems for:
- All transactions.
- The verification of client’s identity.
To establish internal suspicion reporting procedures.
To educate and train all staff with the main requirements of the Rules & Regulations.

Internal controls and policies should be established and recorded in order to:

Ensure that anyone who suspects money laundering knows how to report this information to their Compliance Officer.
Provide the Compliance Officer with the means by which the reasonableness of the suspicion can be judged, and thereby assess which suspicious matter should be reported to the Regulatory Authority i.e. FMU (Financial Monitoring Unit).

Note: The obligation to report does not depend on the amount involved or the seriousness of the offence. There are no de-minimis concessions.

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Any employee shall immediately notify the Compliance Officer if he/she suspects or has any reason to suspect that any potentially suspicious activity has occurred or will occur if a transaction is completed. Employees are encouraged seek the assistance of the Compliance Officer with any questions or concerns they may have with respect to the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s Anti-Money Laundering Policies or Procedures.

Responsibilities of the Compliance Officer include the following:

Coordination and monitoring of KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s day-to-day compliance with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations and KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s own anti-money laundering policy and procedures.
Conducting employee training programs for appropriate personnel related to the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti- money laundering policy and procedures and maintaining records evidencing such training.
Receiving and reviewing any reports of suspicious activity from employees.
Coordination of enhanced due diligence procedures regarding Clients; and Responding to both internal and external inquiries regarding KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering policies and procedures.

Anti-Money Laundering Employee Training Program

As part of the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering program, all employees are expected to be fully aware of the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering policies and procedures.

Each employee is required to read and comply with this Compliance Manual, address concerns to the Compliance Officer and sign the acknowledgement form confirming that he/she has read and understands KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering policies and procedures.

To ensure the continued adherence to KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering policies and procedures, all employees are required to reconfirm their awareness of the contents of this Compliance Manual by signing the acknowledgement form annually, or more frequently, as required by the Compliance Officer.

All employees are required:

At a time specified by the Compliance officer, to undertake training programs on anti-money laundering policies and procedures.
To get trained in how to recognize and deal with transactions which may be related to money laundering.
To timely escalate and report the matter to the Compliance Officer
To get themselves acquainted with Anti-Money Laundering Rules & Regulations.
To comply with the requirements of Rules & Regulations.

Client Identification

General

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s anti-money laundering policies and procedures are intended to ensure that, prior to Accepting funds from Clients, all reasonable and practical measures are taken to confirm the Clients’ identities.

And to verify that any third party upon whom the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL relies for client identification, such as a bank and other financial intermediary, or any other third party adheres to the same standards.

These Client Identification Procedures are based on the premise that the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL will accept funds from a new and existing client only after:

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL has confirmed the client’s identity and that the client is acting as a principal and not for the benefit of any third party unless specific disclosure to that effect is made; or
If the client is acting on behalf of others, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL has confirmed the identities of the underlying third parties.

The Client Identification Procedures should be reviewed in light of the specific characteristics presented by a client and in any instance the Compliance Officer may determine to apply Enhanced measures for reasons other than those discussed in “High-Risk Clients”.

As a reference tool, an Individual Client KYC Checklist is used. Employees are encouraged to provide the Compliance Officer with any revisions they consider appropriate.

The Compliance Officer shall retain copies of all documents reviewed or checklists completed in connection with its Client Identification Procedures in accordance with KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s Client Records Retention policies.

Client Identification Procedures for Natural Persons

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL shall take reasonable steps to ascertain satisfactory evidence of an individual Client’s name, address, date and place of birth, including the employer’s address and the source of the Client’s funds.

In order to confirm the identity of the Client, copies of certain of the following documents will be obtained and retained for KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s records:

Travel Passport or other official government-issued identification; and
Power of attorney, where applicable, along with contact details of the attorney.
Declaration over Application Form and any other Simplified KYC which includes:
- Identity Details of the Applicant
- Address Details of the Applicant
- Details concerning Annual Income, Source of Income, Occupation and Shareholder Category
- Bank Details
- Custody, Clearing and Settlement Agent
Additional information which may be requested includes:
- Bank Details
- Bank references.

Client Identification Procedures for Corporations Partnerships, Trusts and Other Legal Entities

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL shall take reasonable steps to ascertain satisfactory evidence of an entity Client’s name and address, its authority to make the contemplated investment.

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL will obtain certain of the following, as appropriate under the circumstances:

Copy of resolution granting the Directors/Principals authority to act
Articles of Memorandum and Articles of Association
Certificate of Incorporation
List of Directors/Principals
Authorized signatory list
Description of the Client’s primary lines of business
Publicly available information from law enforcement agencies or regulatory authorities; and/or
Client’s annual report and/or, if appropriate, Client’s bank references

high risk clients

The Compliance Officer will provide and will continuously update a list of the types of Clients that KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL considers to be of ‘high risk,’ such that enhanced due diligence procedures are warranted compared to the routine Client Identification Procedures.

Following are the examples of Clients who pose a high money laundering risk:

A Senior Foreign Political Figure, any member of a Senior Foreign Political Figure’s Immediate Family, and any Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure
Any Client resident in, or organized or chartered under the laws of, a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction

Note: Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction means any foreign country that has been designated as non-cooperative with international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (“FATF”).

Client who gives the Compliance Officer any reason to believe that its funds originate from, or are routed through, an account maintained at an “offshore bank”, or a bank organized or chartered under the laws of a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction; and
Any Client who gives the Compliance Officer any reason to believe that the source of its funds may not be legitimate or may aid terrorist activities.

Enhanced Client Identification Procedures for ‘High-Risk’ Natural Persons

Enhanced Client Identification Procedures for ‘high risk’ natural persons as Clients include, but are not limited to, the following:

Generated the Client’s wealth and the source of the particular funds intended to be used to make the investment.
Reviewing generally available public information, such as media reports, to determine whether the Client has been the subject of any criminal or civil enforcement action.
Assessing the Client’s business reputation through review of financial or professional references, generally available media reports or by other means.
Considering the source of the Client’s wealth, including the economic activities that generated the Client’s wealth and the source of the particular funds intended to be used to make the investment.
Reviewing generally available public information, such as media reports, to determine whether the Client has been the subject of any criminal or civil enforcement action based on violations of anti-money laundering laws or regulations or any investigation, indictment, conviction or civil enforcement action relating to financing of terrorists;
Conducting a face-to-face meeting with the Client to discuss/confirm the account opening documents.

The enhanced due diligence procedures undertaken with respect to ‘high risk’ Clients must be thoroughly documented in writing, and any questions or concerns with regard to a ‘high risk’ Clients should be directed to the Compliance Officer.

Enhanced Client Identification Procedures for ‘High-Risk’ Corporations, Partnerships, Trusts and Other Legal Entities

Enhanced client identification procedures for ‘high risk’ corporations, partnerships and other legal entities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Assessing the Client’s business reputation through review of financial or professional references, generally available media reports or by other means
Reviewing recent changes in the ownership or senior management of the Client
Conducting a visit to the Client’s place of business and conducting a face-to-face meeting with the Client to discuss/confirm the account application, the purpose of the account and the source of assets
Reviewing generally available public information to determine whether the Client has been the subject of any criminal or civil enforcement action based on violations of anti-money laundering laws or regulations or any criminal investigation, indictment, conviction or civil enforcement action relating to financing of terrorists.

General reporting procedures

A person in the organization is nominated to receive disclosures under this regulation (“the Compliance Officer”)
Anyone in the organization, to whom information comes in the course of the relevant business as a result of which he suspects that a person is engaged in money laundering, must disclose it to the Compliance Officer.
Where a disclosure is made to the Compliance Officer, the officer must consider it in the light of any relevant information which is available to KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL and determine whether it gives rise to suspicion, and;
Where the Compliance Officer does so determine in consultation with the Senior Management, the information must be disclosed to the Regulatory Authority after obtaining an independent legal advice.

Other Offences – Failure to Report Offences

Failure by an individual in the regulated sector to inform the Regulatory Authority or the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s Compliance Officer, as soon as practicable, of knowledge or suspicion (or reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting) that another person is engaged in money laundering.
Failure by Compliance Officers in the regulated sector to make the required report to Regulatory Authority as soon as practicable, if an internal report leads them to know or suspect that a person is engaged in money laundering.

De-Minimis Concessions

Note that the obligation to report does not depend on the amount involved or the seriousness of the offence. There are no de-minimis concessions.

Client Records Retention

Copies of all documents related to KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s Client Identification Procedures will be retained for an appropriate period of time and, at a minimum, the period of time required by applicable law or regulation.

The documents KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL retains are copies of documents reviewed in connection with Client Identification Procedures or enhanced due diligence procedures, Client identification checklists, if any, or similar due diligence documentation, and any other documents required to be retained by applicable anti-money laundering legislation.

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL will retain documents for so long as a Client is a client of KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL and for a minimum of five years after this relationship ends.

Review of Existing Client Base and Detection of Suspicious Acts

The Compliance Officer shall coordinate a periodic review of the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s existing Client list, and ensure the adequacy of due diligence performed on existing Clients.

In addition, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s policies, procedures and controls may provide for the detection of suspicious activity, and if detected may require further review to determine whether the activity is suspicious, as described below.

For example, in some circumstances, the following activities, none of which per se constitutes suspicious activity, may be indicative of activity that may require further investigation:

Client exhibits an unusual concern regarding KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL’s compliance, particularly with respect to the Client’s identity, type of business and assets, or the Client is reluctant or refuses to reveal any information concerning business activities, or the Client furnishes unusual or suspect identification or business documents
Client wishes to engage in investments that are inconsistent with the Client’s apparent investment strategy
Client (or a person publicly associated with the Client) is the subject of news reports indicating possible criminal, civil or regulatory violations
Client appears to be acting as the agent for another entity but declines, or is reluctant, without legitimate commercial reasons, to provide any information in response to questions about such entity
Client has difficulty describing the nature of his or her business or lacks general knowledge of the industry he or she is apparently engaged in
Client attempts, with unusual frequency (taking into account the differences between Clients and Intermediaries as appropriate), to make investments, redemptions/withdrawals, or transfers
Client engages in unusual or frequent wire transfers (taking into account the differences between Clients and Intermediaries as appropriate), particularly to unfamiliar bank accounts
Client transfers funds to jurisdictions other than its home jurisdiction and
Client attempts to make or requests transactions in cash or cash equivalents

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL requires any employee who detects suspicious activity or has reason to believe that suspicious activity is taking place immediately to inform his or her immediate supervisor as well as the Compliance Officer.

Under no circumstances may an employee discuss the suspicious activity, or the fact that it has been referred to the Compliance Officer, with the Client concerned (Required by Law).

The Compliance Officer shall determine in consultation with the higher management whether to report to appropriate law enforcement officials (i.e. FMU-Financial Monitoring Unit) any suspicious activity of which he becomes aware within 7 working days of knowing the suspicious activity (Required by Law).

Procedure Where Enhanced Due Diligence Is Required

Below is the procedure whereby risk assessment of client due diligence instigate the KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL to conduct Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD):

KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL shall monthly prepare a compliance status report, whereby the net traded/investment value (value bought less value sold) would be equal to or greater than the below thresholds;
- For Corporate Entities minimum threshold is $10,000,000.
- For Individual Investor minimum threshold is $100,000.
If any client is in non-compliance of the above specified threshold limits than that client EDD will be conducted and its Suspicious Transaction Report is being initiated, the same is being kept in record and trail of the same is being maintained at all material times.
KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL will also maintain a summary report of the investors, whom falls under the above category.
The summary report covers the following details:
- At Client Level: Name, Address Contact Number, Email address, Profession
- At Risk Category Level: Initial risk level and Revision made thereunder.
- Compliance Status
- Action initiated, if any required.

Regular Review/Audit of the Manual

A regular review of the program should be undertaken to ensure that it is functioning as designed. Such a review could be performed by external or internal resources, and should be accompanied by a formal assessment or written report.

If and when regulations are amended concerning reporting of suspicious activities, KUDY FINANCIALS SÀRL will amend this Compliance Manual to comply with those regulations.

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