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accountability | Peruse our blogs for the latest, fresh perspective on navigating the maze of global regulations and upcoming milestones. This is your shortcut to staying ahead, packed with insights and expert tips from the forefront of GRC innovation.

Where Your Financial Crime Controls Will Fail Next

governance, accountability, risk management, AI, financial crime

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR: The FCA's July 2026 review of 242 asset management and alternatives firms found that nearly a third have no formal transaction monitoring, a fifth have no adequate business-wide risk assessment, and half haven't invested in AML system...

Culture Risk: What Asset & Wealth Managers Must Know

governance, accountability, conduct rules, risk

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR: The FCA’s PS25/23 brings serious non-financial misconduct firmly within the regulatory perimeter, making workplace behaviour, culture and integrity matters for conduct rules and fit and proper assessments. For asset and wealth managers,...

A Shift towards Greater Transparency, Governance & Market Integrity

governance, accountability, transparency, risk

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR IOSCO’s consultation on commodity derivatives signals a clear regulatory shift over the next 2–5 years. More transparency, stronger surveillance, and tested governance, especially in OTC markets.

Are businesses ready to trust AI agents with real authority?

governance, accountability, AI, explainability

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - Trusting AI agents with real authority is not just a technology decision but a governance and leadership test. Firms should grant autonomy progressively, with clear limits, real-time oversight, explainability, and senior accountability...

What happens when AI agents make a bad decision on a grand scale?

accountability, operational resilience, monitoring, risk, Agentic AI

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - When AI agents fail, they can fail at speed and at scale, multiplying errors before people can intervene. Operational resilience therefore depends on real-time monitoring, intervention thresholds, robust logging, and scenario testing...

From Assistants to Agents: Why this shift changes everything for Risk and Compliance

accountability, monitoring, audit, risk, AI governance, Agentic AI

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - The move from AI assistants to autonomous agents changes the risk and compliance challenge fundamentally. Firms need continuous monitoring, end-to-end traceability, clear ownership, and escalation paths because traditional governance was...

Safeguarding: Reshaping Risk Management for Payment Firms

accountability, client assets, Compliance Monitoring, payment firms, RCSA, CASS 15

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - When you load money into a payment account, you have expectations. The money is yours, it's held securely, and ready when you need it. Recent failures have exposed the weaknesses which the FCA hopes to address with its strengthened...

GRC and the Plumbing Problem: Why “What’s Out of Sight Shouldn’t Be Out of Mind”

governance, accountability, compliance, risk management, GRC, Compliance Monitoring

GRC and the Plumbing Problem: Why 'What’s Out of Sight Shouldn’t Be Out of Mind' How to Make Risk and Compliance Visible to Those Who Need to Care When the Ro mans built their aqueducts over 2,000 years ago, they weren’t just showing off engineering geniuses, they were...

A Shared Vision: Accountability in the UK and Ireland

accountability, regulatory strategy, SM&CR, SEAR, Ireland, UK

"We believe that our proposed reforms will create a framework to facilitate the embedding of cultural change and ensure greater individual accountability." Derville Rowland, Speech on SEAR and Individual Accountability Framework, 2 May 2019

Blockers to AI Adoption

accountability, corporate governance, risk management, AI

The Institute of Directors' survey reports five stand out brakes on AI adoption: Skills gaps (29%), costs (25%), data protection and security risks (23%), governance/ethical concerns (21%), and explainability and black-box issues (20%). Many leaders want ‘clear,...

The Future of Accountability: SM&CR Reforms

accountability, innovation, regulatory strategy, SM&CR, regulatory updates, UK

“The SM&CR has driven up standards in financial services. But we want to boost competitiveness, and support growth, by streamlining the regime while preserving its benefits.” — FCA CP25/21

The Cost of Doing Nothing

governance, accountability, compliance, risk management, GRC, Compliance Monitoring

Why Inaction Is No Longer an Option in GRC & RegTech In financial services, GRC and RegTech play a central role in building operational resilience, maintaining stakeholder trust, and meeting regulatory expectations. Yet, many organisations continue to rely on manual,...