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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,...

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Stress-Tested for Reality: Beyond Paper Plans

operational resilience, SM&CR, AI, third party risk

In a recent blog, the UK’s FCA strikes a frank and open tone: operational resilience is not a box-ticking exercise. This is a message that has been sent before, and we hear it again in this blog issued on 15th April 2025. Operational resilience is business critical....

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Navigating the AI Frontier: A Regulatory Journey

governance, third parties, accountability, corporate governance, risk management, regulatory strategy, monitoring, AI

“Depending on who you speak to, AI could either lead to the destruction of civilisation, or the cure for cancer or both. It could either displace today’s jobs or enable an explosion in future productivity. The truth probably embraces both scenarios. At the FCA we are...

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Is SM&CR working?

accountability, SM&CR, audit trail, AI

SM&CR Under Review: What You Need to Know The SM&CR review was announced as part of the Edinburgh reforms towards the end of 2022, with HM Treasury indicating that “ some stakeholders have raised concerns about their experiences of specific aspects of the regime .”...

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