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Operational Resilience: Countdown begins, are you ready?

governance, third parties, operational resilience, impact tolerances

The FCA hosted a live event providing feedback to the industry regards preparation for the March 2022 deadline. During the session, representatives from both the FCA and PRA presented feedback and responded to industry queries. The regulators were keen to remind...

How well do you know your Appointed Representatives?

governance, third parties, assessments, oversight, risk management, monitoring, due diligence, competence, appointed representatives

In December 2021, the FCA published its proposals for improving the oversight of appointed representatives. Regulatory expectations: The FCA is looking to reduce harm to consumers by strengthening the appointed representatives regime. From its thematic reviews of...

Tips to create risk ownership within your firm

governance, culture, breach management, risk management, monitoring, issues, TCF

Strategies for Establishing Risk Ownership in Your Firm One of the fundamental obligations applicable to all regulated firms is the need to implement appropriate processes to manage risks. But how do we encourage our staff to take responsibility and raise issues...

Has SM&CR made a difference?

governance, accountability, culture, remuneration, SIMR, SM&CR, certification, competence

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) for insurers took effect in December 2018. As part of the Solvency II regime, insurers were already subject to the Senior Insurance Managers Regime (SIMR) introduced in 2016. Despite that, there were some new...

How to demonstrate control over Master Trusts

governance, accountability, pensions, oversight, trusts

Master Trusts Under the Spotlight The UK’s Pension Schemes Act 2017 and Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018 introduced the concept of a master trust. Under the legislation, firms had to identify whether their pension scheme fell within the...

CASS Firms: Focus on Resilience

governance, third parties, CASS, client assets, resolution pack, outsourcing, client money

In 2020 the FCA issued three Dear CEO letters. The letters were a reminder to firms of the obligations relating to client assets and client money. FCA reminded firms of the importance of maintaining adequate measures to protect client money and assets in the current...

How to Demonstrate Good Governance

governance, culture, corporate governance, monitoring, controls, communication, audit trail, data sharing

How well can your firm demonstrate effective systems and controls? Corporate Governance isn’t just about who sits on your board and how often the board meets. It’s about the systems and controls as well as the standards set within a firm. It’s about ensuring that the...

Accountability in Financial Services

governance, accountability, SM&CR, MIC regime, FAR, BEAR, SEAR

Since the financial crisis of 2008 regulators worldwide have been introducing reforms to improve individual accountability within firms. Regulators were criticised for their lack of action and not preventing the crisis. Further criticism was aimed at firms’ failings...

Creating Resilient Payment Services

governance, third parties, accountability, operational resilience

Build Resilient Payment Services in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape This was the view of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) back in 2015 when the PSR was still relatively new. Six years later and it’s fair to say that payments systems are even more critical today....

Building Resilient Third Party Chains

governance, third parties, oversight, operational resilience, data sharing, outsourcing, EBA

Strengthening Resilience: How to Build Robust Third Party Risk Management Chains Both the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) require firms to identify and manage their risks. Over the years we’ve seen both regulators focus...

Operational Resilience – Is Outsourcing on your Radar?

governance, third parties, oversight, risk management, operational resilience, outsourcing

Build a Stronger Operational Resilience Framework With the publication of final policy statements there is a clear message that firms must look externally at third party relationships as part of their Operational Resilience framework. The requirements are designed to...

An Overview of Operational Resilience

governance, third parties, oversight, operational resilience, audit trail, outsourcing

Operational Resilience has been a hot topic in the UK for a number of years and has gathered momentum recently as the supervisory bodies issued final requirements and firms now prepare for implementation by March 2022. In 2017, Charlotte Gerken, then Director of...

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