Since its inception in 2016, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) has served as a cornerstone of the UK’s financial services regulatory landscape, designed to enhance individual accountability and raise...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are considering ways to enhance individual accountability, particularly among Senior Managers, by more fully integrating the regulatory...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has fined the former CEO of Wyelands Bank GBP118,808 for various regulatory breaches, including that he failed to take reasonable steps to ensure the business for which he was...more
The latest proposals for improving diversity and inclusion in the UK financial services sector, published by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, include changes that will impact Senior Manager...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) recent proposals demonstrate a divergence in approach when it comes to individual accountability and expectations of senior management in...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial services proposes new rules and guidance on identifying and taking action in relation to non-financial misconduct such as...more
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How A&O Consulting can help you meet the challenge of the wider ranging set of requirements and regulatory expectations for the Consumer Duty....more
Helping to prepare FMIs, payment and e-money firms for proposed implementation...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) is proposing to take enforcement action against an individual, Jon Frensham, relating to "non-financial misconduct". The FCA has made clear its commitment to tackling...more
The MAS is proposing to require financial institutions to clearly identify and delineate the responsibilities of senior management and of employees in material risk functions. The proposed "Guidelines on Individual...more
On 26 July 2017, the FCA published its much-anticipated consultation paper on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to FCA-only authorised firms. We have set out below our initial thoughts on...more
On 5 April 2016, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Business Plan for 2016/17. The Business Plan sets out a roadmap for the FCA’s principal areas of focus over the coming year. Overall, there was...more
The new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) senior managers and certification regime (the new regime) will come into force on 7 March 2016. Many firms will see this date as marking...more
Rules due to come into force in March 2016
Yesterday HM Treasury announced the commencement date for the new FCA and PRA Senior Managers and Certification Regime. Relatively limited information has been released, but...more