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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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Free Outsourcing & 3rd Party Risk Management Insight Paper

With the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) having released their Operational Resilience and Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk Management (O&TPRM) Policy ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

May 6, 2021
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Outsourcing & Third-party Risk Management – PRA expectations formalised in new statements

On the same day as the Prudential Regulation Authority published their Operational Resilience Policy and Supervisory Statements, the regulator made it a double-header with identical publications for ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

March 30, 2021
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The PRA and FCA release their Policy Statements for Operational Resilience

In line with their promise to deliver a Policy Statement for Operational Resilience by the end of Q1 2021, the FCA and PRA hit a buzzer-beating submission with their outputs this morning. The Policy ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

March 29, 2021
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Regulatory Compliance Roles | Salary Benchmark Report & Key Challenges

We have just released our 2021 Compliance Roles Salary Benchmark report for the UK. The report also highlights the latest challenges facing leaders managing regulatory compliance, financial crime, ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

March 10, 2021
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The Evolution of FinTech and Planning for the Future

The Financial Services landscape has changed significantly over the past ten years. Previously, customers were faced with limited options for banking and other financial services, mostly relying on ...

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

March 5, 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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Understanding the drivers for Barclays’ £26 million fine for treatment of customers in financial difficulty

On Tuesday 15 December, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published their Final Notice on regulatory action that resulted in a £26m fine for Barclays.

Topics: Insurance Sector, Retail Finance

December 15, 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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