Tag: SM&CR

Compliance teams across banks and payment providers are being squeezed from both directions. Boards and C-suites are pressing for rapid AI adoption to slash...

The FCA and PRA have confirmed a package of changes to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), reducing the number of certified persons,...

calQrisk has secured a place on the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Supercharged Sandbox, an innovation initiative aimed at fostering the next wave of AI...

The Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have unveiled the opening phase of their reform of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR),...

As regulatory expectations evolve, compliance assessment is moving beyond documentation alone. Increasingly, organisations are expected to demonstrate not just that controls exist, but that...

The UK's Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is entering a new chapter — one that promises greater operational flexibility for firms while keeping...

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Annual Work Programme for 2026/27 offers the clearest picture yet of how the regulator plans to supervise firms as...

The UK asset management regulatory framework continued to develop during 2025 as post-Brexit reforms progressed from policy design into implementation. Regulatory changes across disclosure, governance, sustainability, market infrastructure and emerging asset classes have affected both UK and international asset managers operating in the market.

UK asset managers are entering 2026 with a regulatory agenda that is becoming both broader and more operational, as post-Brexit reforms shift from design...

2025 has been an important year for global compliance, with regulators increasing expectations across a range of fronts and has forced firms to rethink...