Tag: SM&CR
What is the outlook for regulation in 2026?
2025 has been an important year for global compliance, with regulators increasing expectations across a range of fronts and has forced firms to rethink...
FCA compliance explained: technology, culture and risk
Regulatory oversight across the UK financial services sector has intensified, pushing FCA compliance higher up the strategic agenda for financial institutions. What was once...
FCA CP25/18 draws a regulatory line on workplace culture
When the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published CP25/18 on 2 July 2025, it sent a clear signal to regulated firms: workplace culture is no...
Turning compliance surveillance into competitive edge
In today’s increasingly complex financial markets, surveillance has evolved far beyond a reactive compliance exercise.
With mounting regulatory expectations and sophisticated trading environments, leading firms...
ACA launches new market abuse risk framework
ACA Group has launched a new Market Abuse Risk Framework to help UK and European buy-side firms strengthen their surveillance and compliance programmes.
The governance,...
How AI is reshaping governance and compliance in 2025
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) has shifted from being a back-office operation to a pressing boardroom priority for UK firms.
With the UK's Financial Conduct...
FCA crackdown highlights weak compliance cultures
A former analyst at a UK-based investment management firm has been convicted of insider dealing, underlining the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) increased reliance on...
Future-ready records management for IT leaders
As data volumes skyrocket across regulated industries, IT departments are under mounting pressure to manage, store, and secure communications data from a growing number...
Robinhood users furious over “not acceptable” service outage despite founders’ apology
Robinhood’s founders have apologised for its users being unable to tap into their accounts. But angry users snapped back that it's too little, too late to say sorry.
Barclays’ CEO investigated by FCA and PRA over Jeffrey Epstein connections
Two of the UK’s biggest financial regulators are investigating the ties between US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays’ CEO Jes Staley, the bank has revealed.










