AML/CTF knowledge for trust and company services
Control formation, registered-office, nominee, trustee, ownership and offshore-structure risks throughout an entity relationship.
- For trust & company service providers4 min
Trust and company service providers (TCSPs) are at the centre of Tranche 2: forming companies and trusts, acting as nominee directors or shareholders, providing registered offices. Obligations, CDD on structures, beneficial ownership and reporting.
- Nominee arrangements4 min
How item 7 acting arrangements and item 8 nominee-shareholder services apply to TCSPs and professional practices: customers, ownership, risk, CDD and red flags.
- Registered office services3 min
When providing a registered office or principal place of business in the course of business becomes item 9: CDD, monitoring, mail handling and red flags.
- Formation CDD checklist9 min
A file-ready customer due diligence checklist for Australian trust and company service providers creating companies, express trusts and related structures.
- Complex ownership structures7 min
A practical Australian guide to tracing indirect ownership and control through companies, trusts, nominees and foreign entities for defensible TCSP CDD.
- TCSP monitoring triggers7 min
A practical framework for TCSP transaction and behaviour monitoring, event-driven KYC updates, risk reviews, escalation and evidence under Australian AML/CTF law.
- TCSP refusal and exit6 min
How Australian trust and company service providers can pause, refuse, continue or exit work after unusual activity while protecting SMR information.
- TCSP checklist3 min
A file-ready AML/CTF checklist for Australian TCSPs: formation, registered office, nominee roles, CDD, ongoing monitoring and reporting evidence.
- Offshore structure risk3 min
How Australian TCSPs assess and control the risk of foreign entities, offshore structures, nominee layers and cross-border ownership in their files.
- Trustee company duties3 min
What Australian trustee companies and corporate trustees must test under AML/CTF: trustee services, control analysis, CDD and ongoing duties.