[SMULA] SMU-IPAS Advanced Certificate in Insolvency and Restructuring Module 5: Forensics and Investigations (GCIR)

This module provides an insight into the types and motivations of fraud and the obligations of an insolvency practitioner when faced with circumstances involving fraud. Participants will be introduced to a series of investigation methodology and the importance of forensic services in uncovering valuable evidence for the insolvency practitioner.

This module is part of the Advanced Certificate in Insolvency and Restructuring.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

• Understand what constitutes fraud and the types and motivations of fraud
• Know the obligations of insolvency practitioners to investigate and report fraud or misdeeds
• Learn about the importance of forensic services to insolvency practitioners
• Apply the forensic investigation approach for fraud
• Gain an overview of the elements of digital forensic and technology

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Newly qualified accountants and lawyers pursuing R&I practice or mid-career accountants/ lawyers from other specialisations
• Restructuring/ Financial Advisers
• Bank/ Lender work-out groups

PREREQUISITE

Participants should preferably be a degree holder, in any discipline, and have at least one year of working experience.

ASSESSMENT

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

SPEAKERS

Noel Chua
Noel Chua is a Director in PK Wong & Nair LLC with an active dispute resolution practice involving both court litigation and international arbitration, where he has appeared before the Singapore Court of Appeal, Singapore International Commercial Court and Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Noel has expertise in commercial and corporate disputes, with a focus on restructuring and insolvency, shareholder disputes and director’s duties, and which routinely involve technical forensic investigations. Noel previously practiced at one of Singapore’s Big Four law firms and was Assistant Chief Counsel at the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).

Tan Siang Hwee

Ms Tan Siang Hwee has been with KPMG since 2012 and has over 20 years of experience in leading advisory engagements including regulatory compliance, forensic investigations, liquidation to a wide range of clients across a number of sectors including banking, insurance, asset management, real estate, energy & natural resources and government. 

Siang Hwee is accustomed to working with clients in a variety of situations, particularly when the level of scrutiny is high. She has been heavily involved in several liquidation and investigation landmark cases, e.g. the orderly winding down of the affairs of MF Global Singapore, a major global financial derivatives broker in Singapore. Amongst others, she has conducted forensic review of the operations and reconciliation of client positions which included the formulation of the interim distribution to investors. She has also led discussions on segregation of customers’ monies and assets with various overseas exchanges, regulators and MF Global affiliates to establish over 6,000 customers’ positions and assets placed in trust. She was the subject matter expert which provided the legal counsel with the subject knowledge for a court matter on OTC FX.

She is recognised as one of the leading specialists in FATCA/CRS, forensic and investigation and has been invited as speaker at public forums and a regular trainer for ISCA forensic training programme on market conduct.  

 

FEES AND FUNDING