Ruleguard Update 4.89.0

We're pleased to announce that Ruleguard version 4.89.0 is now live!

This update contains the following changes:

FCA Handbook Migration to Regulatory Updates

• Made final preparatory development changes so that all FCA Handbook Rules will now be received via Regulatory Update workflows. 
• See the blog Introducing the New FCA Regulatory Updates Experience.
  
  
  • For a reminder of key dates
    • Roll out begins week begins 20 Oct 2025 onwards (most Users will begin to see changes midweek).
    • FCA Handbook page remains functional until 17:30 Friday 31 Oct 2025 - any new updates can still be received and accepted here until that time.
    • FCA Handbook page is retired from 03 Nov 2025 - after this date, updates will be received through the Regulatory Updates feature when they are next published by the FCA.
    • Please ensure all pending FCA Handbook Rule changes are accepted before 17:30 Friday 31 Oct 2025 to avoid a lock on pre-31 Oct 2025 updates.
      • The first new Update within a Chapter after the migrations will re-present all Rules in a Chapter for acceptance, including any updates.
  • Users who previously had permissions to Manage Rule Updates will now also be allocated View & Edit Requirement Updates permission.
    • • 'Manage Rule Updates' has been renamed to ‘Manage Subscriptions’, providing access to the Subscriptions page to preview other available regulations.
        
        
  
   
  • We've added the ability to bulk-transition multiple Requirement Updates to another Stage, which can help speed up widescale acceptance of multiple changes once due process has concluded.

MIv2

• MIv2 Cards now support nested drilldowns, allowing you to explore data across multiple dimensions.
  • E.g. you can design a card to drill from Jurisdiction > Authority > Rule Name, or Issue > Stage Name; and so on.

• Large downloads are now automatically stitched together when using “Download all”, saving time on combining multiple worksheets..
• Added 'Logins' as trackable actions in MIv2, enabling better activity audits and reports on platform usage (per user).
• Added Requirement Description as an attribute of Rules to be able to extract the full Requirement text e.g. in data downloads. 
• Improved the ability to retrieve and filter data pertaining to mapped Subjects such as Controls, Processes and Risks when reporting on Events, to provide robust responses during control event reporting and so on.

Staged Workflows & Issues

• The Custom Field type 'Linked Item' for Issues can now be further refined to only allow the selection of a specific Issue type. This allows greater control over what can and cannot be linked to a given type, improving data entry and User Experience (UX) where the list would be overpopulated otherwise.

Automations - Calculated Fields

• Automations now support simple date-based calculations that allow you to:
  • Set a date to be a number of days added to a given date, enabling SLA-style rules (e.g. 'date due' = Date reported + 56 days)
  • Calculate the number of days between two dates (e.g. calculate 'Date due' - 'Date Resolved')

General

• Process, Risks, Controls and Firms may now benefit from a new Field Type of type 'Users (Multiselect) which enables a User Selection Field to assign e.g. Controls to Owners
  • Prevents the need to manually maintain User Lists in Selection Fields.
  • Also supports selection of External Users, where a Firm has been tagged.

• It will now be possible to set the opening Stage Users on Requirement Updates from the Requirement Updates matrix.
  • Requires Customise Requirement Update permission.

• Improved the look and feel User Interface (UI) of the Requirement Update card for easier reading and a better User experience.
• Improved the validation around configuring Prompts & Responses whereby the unsupported 'Selection (Tiered)' field type was previously selectable.
• Resolved an issue with Topic Sharing whereby modifications to Custom Field selections for shared entities were prompting 'phantom' Share approvals in unrelated Topics.
• Resolved an issue where totals in MIv2 were displaying too many decimal places.

In a Rush?

Don't always have time to read our blog posts right away? You can always access our release notes later by clicking the release version in the Ruleguard Welcome menu (top right).

If you encounter any problems or have any questions about this update, please let us know at support@ruleguard.com or contact your Customer Success Manager.
   
Ruleguard Team