26 Nov, 2020 Worrying signs for 'speak-up culture' By Holly Insley Simon Kellett Whistleblowing remains a significant area of focus for financial services regulators, who regard the way firms deal with whistleblowers...
01 Apr, 2020 COVID-19 and UK financial services firms: top 10 tips for senior managers By Melanie Fitzsimons Emma Rachmaninov Christopher Robinson Shona Hughes-Daly Holly Insley +2 more... Show less The COVID-19 crisis raises novel issues for senior managers at financial services firms. We set out our 10 top tips for how senior...
09 Mar, 2020 The role of purpose in creating a healthy culture – FCA publishes a set of essays to “start a much larger conversation” By Holly Insley The 5th of March marked the next step in the FCA’s focus on culture, with the publication of a series of essays looking at ‘purpose’....
23 Sep, 2019 UK Finance report on the impact of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime By Kate Pumfrey The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (the “Regime”) replaced the Approved Persons’ Regime in 2016 as a direct result of the...
30 Jan, 2019 FCA proposes excluding Heads of Legal from requirement to be a Senior Manager By Piers Elliott The FCA has published a consultation paper on the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR) clarifying the application of the SMCR to...
23 Jul, 2018 Widening the net – SMR extended to FCA solo-regulated firms By Melanie Fitzsimons Co-authored by Emma Rachmaninov Under new near final rules published this month, the senior managers regime (SMR) will apply to FCA...
14 Mar, 2018 Can UK firms have their ethical cake and eat it? By Christopher Robinson By Christopher Robinson, Simon Orton and Melanie Fitzsimons According to the consensus of a selection of essayists writing in the FCA’s...