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What is a proportionate approach to Operational Resilience?

One of the many questions we are asked by clients is “what is a proportionate approach to operational resilience?"  This blog will provide some useful direction to help firms answer this question.

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Investment Firms | Operational Resilience Lessons Learned So Far

FourthLine has now worked with a number of investment firms giving expert advice, guidance and tools to help implement their Operational Resilience frameworks.

Topics: Investment & Asset Management, Insurance Sector

May 19, 2022
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New Prudential Regime for Investment Firms (IFPR) - Key Focus Areas

On 14 December 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the first of three Consultation Papers (CP1) following its June 2020 Discussion Paper covering the incoming Investment Firm ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management

March 11, 2021
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Key takeaways | FCA Payments & E-Money safeguarding & wind-down webinar

On 21 January, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) delivered a Payments & E-Money: safeguarding & wind-down webinar to compliance consultants which included some significant points that ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management, Retail Finance

January 21, 2021
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2021 and the FCA's continued focus on customer vulnerability

Following the release of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) draft updated guidance this week for mortgage and consumer credit repossessions, and for consumer credit tailored support, the topic ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management

January 14, 2021
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PRA reveal their six priorities for UK deposit takers in 2021

As calendars are prepared to be turned over to 2021, the PRA have set out their priorities for the upcoming year for UK deposit takers in a letter to CEOs. Whilst there are no real surprises given ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management, Insurance Sector

December 15, 2020
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FCA releases new Prudential Regime for Investment Firms (IFPR) consultation paper

On 14 December 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its first of three Consultation Papers on the new UK Prudential Regime for Investment Firms (UK IFPR).

Topics: Investment & Asset Management

December 15, 2020
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The Investment Firms Prudential Regime – areas to consider when getting started

Yesterday morning the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed that, considering the scale of regulatory reform due in 2021, the UK’s Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) will now be ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management, Insurance Sector

November 17, 2020
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SMCR implementation: will your business be ready in time?

With COVID-19 forcing nearly 50,000 solo regulated firms in the UK into reprioritising activities to ensure continuity and operational resilience during the pandemic, the Senior Managers and ...

Topics: Investment & Asset Management, Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

September 28, 2020
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