Events

2023

Past Event: Internal Audit & Controls

22 February 2023

Steven Cunningham will be presenting a webinar on internal audit and controls for ABCUL members. Click here for link.

2022

Past Events: Anti-Money Laundering

10 September 2022

Daniel Arrowsmith of Alexander Sloan will be presenting at the East & West Forum on Money Laundering on 10 September. Forum members should contact the forum for more inforamtion.

Past Events: Operational Resilience

20 April 2022

This webinar will look at the PRA and FCA’s recommended approach to operational resilience and go over the steps that Credit Union’s should follow to implement an operational resilience system.

Past Events: Introduction to Risk Management

29 March 2022

This webinar will provide an introduction to Credit Union Risk Management. Alexander Sloan have assisted a number of Credit Union’s implement risk management frameworks, register and appetite statements and this course looks at the content of each.

2020

Past Events: Credit Union & Covid19 Challenges

Online: 14 May 2020

The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC), along with some of Scotland’s’ top business leaders will be hosting a series of free 60-minute webinars to provide an opportunity for attendees to understand and ask questions about topics which will help businesses prepare to survive in this unprecedented time. This webinar focused on the challenges facing credit unions in Scotland during the current COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

Speakers on this webinar included

Steven Cunningham, Partner at Alexander Sloan who will discuss the recent COVID 19 Guidance from the Prudential Regulation Authority
Alastair Davis, Chief Executive at Social Investment Scotland (SIS) who will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s £10m Credit Union Investment Fund, initially providing £2m of resilience support for credit union liquidity.
Niall Alexander, Affordable Credit Associate at Carnegie UK Trust who will discuss how COVID is impacting on decisions around lending and some of the additional factors credit unions should be considering
Declan Doyle, Senior Ethical Hacker at the SBRC who will provide an update on the ongoing risk posed by cybercrime from a financial perspective

Click on SBRC logo for a link to a recording

Past Event: ABCUL Conference

Manchester: 13 March 2020

We will be attending the 2020 ABCUL Conference in Manchester and presenting on Good Practice in Credit Union Accounting.

2019

Past Event: Operational Resilience Seminar

29 August 2019

We will be hosting a seminar in our Glasgow Office on Operational Resilience. The seminar will include sessions from Steven Cunningham of Alexander Sloan and the Scottish Business Resilience Centre.

Past Event: ABCUL Conference

Manchester: 8 March 2019

We will be attending the 2019 ABCUL Conference in Manchester. Come and visit our stand.

2018

Past Event: GDPR & Risk Management Seminar

Teacher Building: 22 February 2018

The course will consist of three modules. The first section will focus on risk appetite statements. The second section will provide guidance on preparing for the forthcoming GDPR rules. The last section will cover cyber security. Presenters include- Phil Morrice, Steven Cunningham and the Scottish Business Resilience Centre.