Meeting the Needs of General Counsel: Beyond the Basics of Legal Advice - On Record PR
Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
What's the Tea in L&E? Employee Devices: What is #NSFW?
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Video: Artificial Intelligence Use in Political Campaigns
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The AI Shakeup: New Tech Innovations and the Future of Corporate Law
Principled Podcast: S11E7 | Fortifying Ethical Frameworks: Navigating Emerging Risks in the Middle East
Managing Compliance Risk for Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Institutional Firms Enter Crypto Market; Crypto Firms Partner on New Products - According to recent reports, a major global bank is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether. The new desk,...more
In 2015, a policy framework on the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared over-the-counter derivatives (OTC Derivatives) transactions was published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International...more
In 2022, for the first time, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a three-year strategy setting out three key themes for promoting positive change, namely: (1) reducing and preventing serious financial harm and...more
The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) recently delivered a series of speeches1 raising their concerns about the evolution of private equity financing and the...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - ECB: Memorandum of Cooperation between ECB and CAs on third-country bank supervision - Status: Final - The ECB has published a Memorandum of...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
Social media raises a novel set of risks and challenges to effective financial services regulation, particularly in the field of consumer protection and market integrity. Specifically, regulators have expressed concerns...more
The FCA have stated that firms should “have scope to innovate whilst protecting consumers” – but what does this mean in the context of rapidly developing AI technology? In particular, how does the higher standard imposed by...more
Today saw the publication by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of its revised corporate governance code (the Code). Whilst the updated Code contains a limited set of targeted changes, as opposed to a broader wholesale...more
This is the last post in our series on the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposals to introduce a new regulatory framework on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial...more
The UK financial services regulators’ latest proposals for improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) have implications for the governance and oversight arrangements of in-scope firms. Building on existing requirements, the...more
Developing and maintaining an inclusive environment is crucial for realising the benefits of having a diverse organisation. With this in mind, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and UK Prudential Regulation Authority...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is engaging with firms to improve diversity and inclusion in financial services. It has launched a consultation, CP23/20 Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together...more
The UK financial regulators’ proposals for creating a new regulatory framework for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial services are wide-ranging and detailed but have at their heart a few consistent themes. ...more
As regulatory thinking evolves, firms must ensure that any current or planned use of AI complies with regulatory expectations. As financial services firms digest FS2/23, the joint Feedback Statement on Artificial...more
In our previous alert, we noted the speech made by Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which built on the points made in a joint paper published by the Bank of England (BoE) and FCA on artificial...more
It has been a summer of revelations leaving the financial services sector facing uncertainty and increased scrutiny on how allegations of behavioral misconduct might be managed going forward. This came after multiple...more
Companies Invited to Voluntarily Adopt New Nature-related Financial Disclosure Framework - On 18 September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) published its final recommendations for...more
The NY Climate Week conference took place during the week of 18 September 2023, bringing together international leaders from business and governments. During the conference the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has assessed the systems and controls relating to sanctions compliance for over 90 firms across a range of sectors and summarised its findings of good and poor practice. Acknowledging...more
A new publication from the UK’s financial regulator signals to firms that they should take steps to manage risks in the use of AI. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its latest board minutes...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions, or IOSCO, published a consultation report in May titled "Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets." Originally published by Law360 - July 11,...more
Financial promotions of qualifying cryptoassets are now within the scope of the UK financial promotion regime. The FCA has published its final policy statement on rules for communicating financial promotions of qualifying...more
The FCA has published its anticipated Policy Statement (PS23/6) ‘Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets’ which brings cryptoasset promotions made to UK consumers within the regulator’s remit. The new rules, which come...more