BRE Bank implements a compliance policy. Its goal is to ensure that the Bank complies with legislation and standards applicable to financial institutions.
BRE Bank’s compliance policy has a special focus on the following issues:
- prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
- appropriate handling of confidential information;
- protection of personal data;
- supervision of legal compliance in the brokerage and custody business;
- avoidance of conflicts of interest;
- compliance with rules of giving and accepting gifts by Bank executive officers and employees;
- verification of legal compliance under outsourcing agreements signed by the Bank;
- obligatory publication and reporting to relevant regulators on events in the operation of the Bank;
- advisory to organisational units of the Bank on compliance with new and existing legislation and market standards.
BRE Bank created a specialty unit responsible for compliance: the Compliance Bureau.