Tag: FCA

Multi-market growth is multiplying compliance risk, fast

More assets than ever now sit across three or more jurisdictions, and the compliance surface area facing global asset managers has never been larger,...

FinregE warns FCA reporting overhaul could expose data weaknesses

The FCA's move to simplify transaction reporting could create a different challenge for firms, with FinregE warning that fewer reporting fields could expose weaknesses...

Explainability becomes AML’s new AI currency

Artificial intelligence has sharpened detection, cut false positives and surfaced patterns that rules-based anti-money laundering (AML) systems simply cannot see. Yet according to new analysis...

FCA widens Scale-Up Unit to five FinTech firms

The Financial Conduct Authority has extended its Scale-Up Unit to five firms it regulates on its own, marking a new phase for the initiative...

Why fear of risk is finance’s biggest risk

Financial services firms can invest in sophisticated risk technology, but those systems will have limited impact if organisations continue to view risk primarily as...

UK slashes transaction reporting scope in FCA reset

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the biggest shake-up of the UK MiFIR transaction reporting regime since Brexit, publishing Policy Statement 26/15 to...

FCA eases compliance delegation for smaller AIFMs

The UK's alternative investment fund regime is heading for its biggest shake-up since AIFMD was first transposed into domestic law in 2013, after the...

AI governance gap puts financial firms at examination risk

Financial regulators across the US, UK and UAE are converging on a single message: firms do not need to wait for AI-specific rules before...

DIFC’s $200m case exposes board governance blind spot

A $200m enforcement case in the DIFC did not begin with a rogue trader or a fraudulent scheme. It began with a board that...

Voice migrations put compliance chain of custody at risk

Legacy voice recording platforms rarely draw attention until a regulator comes knocking. In regulated firms, ageing recorders, orphaned metadata and forgotten codecs sit quietly...

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