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Compliance Monitor

EU and UK perform a product governance two-step

The European Union and United Kingdom have stolen each other's ideas and even worked together on product interventions - a dynamic that continues after Brexit. Writing to a soundtrack of Leonard Cohen's Dance Me to the End of Love, Adam Samuel chronicles the EU and UK's "peculiar intellectual romance on the product governance compliance scene".
Online Published Date:  13 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

Regtech - calibration is key

In recent years we have seen examples of firms being fined despite having a tech-driven process in place to address their obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation. Suitable surveillance technology is only part of the solution, writes Monica Rodriguez.
Online Published Date:  14 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

FCA vows swifter action to tackle unused permissions

Consumers are often blissfully unaware of the complexities of the authorisations regime. Ben Rees comments on the regulator's latest initiative to reduce the possibility of retail customers misunderstanding or being misled about their exposure to financial risk.
Online Published Date:  14 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

EBA considers impact of environmental risk on the prudential framework

While it may be possible to captureenvironmental risks within the existing prudential framework, it remains farfrom certain how those environmental risks will translate into financialrisks. Charlotte HillandDaniel Hirschfieldreporton a European Banking Authority discussion paper.
Online Published Date:  14 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

Meeting the challenge? FCA review of challenger bank financial crime controls

Ensuring that regulated firms areeffective in preventing financial crimesuch as money laundering andsanctions evasion, remains a key priority for the Financial Conduct Authority –including where new business models enter the industry. Emma Radmorelooks at the main findings of a thematic review and how challenger banks (andothers) should react to the regulator’s conclusions.
Online Published Date:  14 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

FCA finds varying standards across SMEs’ market abuse measures

The market abuse risk assessments of somesmall and medium-sized firms lack the necessary comprehensive and tailoreddetail, and there are also instances where little or no monitoring is takingplace, the financial regulator has found.Denis O’Connor examinesits latest Market Watch.
Online Published Date:  14 July 2022
Appeared in issue:  Vol 34 No 10 - 01 July 2022

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