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UK Financial Regulators Drop Diversity and Inclusion Rules but Keep Culture in Focus

On 11 March 2025, the UK’s financial regulators confirmed they have decided not to move forward with proposed diversity and inclusion (D&I) rules for financial firms. This decision in a letter by the Financial Conduct...more

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UK SRA’s new guidance on internal investigations and legal professional privilege

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Independence, legal privilege and reporting to internal stakeholders are key areas of focus in the UK Solicitor Regulation Authority’s (SRA) new guidance for in-house internal investigations lawyers published in November...more

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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - December 2024

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On 15 November 2024, the FCA released Primary Market Bulletin 52, offering guidance on compliance with MAR and DTR requirements, particularly in identifying and disclosing inside information, managing shareholder...more

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FCA Survey Results Reveal Rise In Nonfinancial Misconduct

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Make no mistake, nonfinancial misconduct remains at the top of the Financial Conduct Authority's agenda. Originally published in Law360 - November 26, 2024....more

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FCA Sets Out Latest Areas of Focus Under the Consumer Duty

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FCA finds firms have been working hard to embed the Duty, but there remains room for improvement. On 20 February 2024, the FCA published more information on the Consumer Duty, including a publication highlighting good...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

On ethics: Christian Hunt

AT: Before we get into the heart of the interview, I want to make a quick detour into your background. You spent most of your career in the financial services arena, working at UBS, Deutsche Bank, and the United Kingdom...more

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Financial Reporting Council’s Annual Review of Corporate Governance Reporting: Continued Progress, but Room to Improve

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We are experiencing a period of financial turmoil not seen for decades. At the risk of stating the obvious, the intense damage inflicted on government coffers by responding to a pandemic, coupled with the fallout from the...more

NAVEX

Ethics, Risk and Compliance Roles in the U.K. – Part 2

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We were delighted to interview Kevin Parle – Fellow of the International Compliance Association (ICA) and Deputy Chair of the Data Protection Forum – for insights and observations of whistleblowing roles within U.K....more

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10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2023

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This annual publication outlines some of the primary focus areas in 2023 for UK-regulated financial services firms. The topics covered in this year’s publication reflect how the fundamental consideration of the direction...more

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Back to Work: The FCA'S 2022-23 Priorities for Private Fund Managers

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​​​​​​​The late summer saw the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issue a “Dear CEO Letter” (the Letter) setting out its Alternatives Supervisory Strategy FCA Portfolio Letter: Our Alternatives Supervision Strategy 2022. With...more

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Senior US DOJ Official Sets Forth New Priorities for Pursuing Corporate Crime

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The priorities will impact non-US companies who may face a US DOJ with a renewed emphasis on combating corporate crime. In a recent speech that has garnered significant attention, the Deputy Attorney General of the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Anti-Corruption London - November 2nd - 3rd, London, United Kingdom

C5's 15th International Conference on Anti-Corruption London will take place November 2 – 3, 2021 in Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge, London. Join your peers for the IN-PERSON reunion of the legal and compliance...more

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Transforming Culture in Financial Services - The FCA Renews Its Approach

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New FCA Discussion Paper demonstrates how the regulator’s thinking in relation to culture has evolved. Introduction - In Discussion Paper (DP) 18/2, the FCA has taken an unusual approach to a topic that has received...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Farewell to Sam Shepard: Wither Whistleblowers in the UK?

American’s greatest living playwright died yesterday as Sam Shepard passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease. According to his obituary in the New York Times (NYT) “In Mr. Shepard’s plays, the only undeniable truth is that of...more

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UK Financial Services Whistleblowing Regulation Survey: Assessing The Impact Of The FCA/PRA Senior Managers Regime Whistleblowing...

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NAVEX Global partnered with an independent research firm to survey compliance professionals from the UK Financial Services industry about their approach to whistleblowing and incident reporting. Our findings provide insight...more

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U.K. Procurement Managers to Vendors: Take Cyber Security Seriously or You’re Out

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The headlines about massive cyber-security breaches just keep coming these days. Corporate giants Vodaphone, Home Depot, Talk Talk and JP Morgan Chase have all been hacked—to and they're far from the only ones.. But the...more

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The Future of U.K. Enforcement of Financial Crimes: Four Clues for 2015

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The legal and compliance landscape is changing quickly—it’s up to organisations that do business in the U.K. to strengthen their compliance programmes to meet these new challenges. In this whitepaper, Andrew Foose, vice...more

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