Blogs

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...

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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...

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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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HR & Compliance – Bridging the Gap in SMCR

governance, accountability, culture, SM&CR, competence

Since the introduction of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), it has been interesting to see how and where firms have allocated most of their resources to comply with the new rules. Implementation tends to follow one of two strategic approaches:...

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SMCR Responsibilities – Documenting Risks and Controls

governance, accountability, culture, corporate governance, SM&CR, competence

In light of the turbulence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, SMCR may have been pushed down the priority list for most firms for now. The disruption has however given rise to a number of practical and compliance challenges which have a direct and imminent impact on...

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