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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.

Choosing the Right GRC Platform - Precision Over Generalisation

GRC, buyers guide, software vendor

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR: Choosing the right GRC platform is about more than features, it should align with your business goals, streamline compliance, and adapt as regulations evolve. Look for a scalable, integrated solution that automates manual processes,...

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,...

The Mills Review: FCA's Strategic Roadmap for AI

governance, operational resilience, audit trail, Consumer Duty

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR: The Mills Review is a clear regulatory warning shot: the FCA expects AI, including autonomous agentic AI, to become foundational to UK retail financial services by 2030.

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...

Agentic AI: when software starts making decisions without you

risk management, AI governance, Agentic AI

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - Agentic AI marks a shift from tools that support decisions to systems that act on them. For financial services firms, that means governance must move beyond model outputs to clear boundaries, oversight, traceability, and senior...

FCA Draws a Line in the Sand on SIPPS

governance, operational resilience, client assets, Consumer Duty, Compliance Monitoring, SIPPs

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR The FCA’s CP26/20 consultation signals a more prescriptive regime for SIPP operators, with clearer expectations for enhanced due diligence, pension scheme money and asset protection, record keeping, reconciliation and governance. Firms...

Why Data Accuracy & Consumer Outcomes Now Define Compliance

culture, FCA, operational resilience, Consumer Duty, data, financial crime

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - The FCA’s 2026–27 priorities illustrate regulatory focus upon outcomes, data‑driven supervision, Consumer Duty, culture & conduct, financial crime, AI governance, operational resilience, and data quality. Firms now face higher...

Australia: 2025 Regulatory Changes & 2026 Outlook

governance, ESG, digital assets, competition, AML

Time to read: 4 minutes TL:DR - Australia’s 2025 regulatory changes set the stage for major compliance shifts in 2026. Implementation of merger control, payment licensing, governance standards, AML/CTF updates, and climate reporting guidance will dominate compliance...