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The option to participate in collective assurance activities is welcome, but this article which was originally published in the September 2021 edition of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law makes the case for more guidance. Read more
In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for July 2021.Read more
With the UK regulators' operational resilience policy package finalised at the end of March, an early May speech from Lyndon Nelson, PRA Deputy CEO & Executive Director of Regulatory Operations and Supervisory Risk Specialists was well-timed. Mr Nelson's authoritative voice has guided the evolution of operational resilience as a regulatory – or perhaps more particularly, a supervisory – concept for a number of years on both the UK and the global stages. Read more
At the end of March, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the Policy Statement (PS7/21) and the Supervisory Statement (SS2/21) which set out its expectations of PRA-regulated firms regarding outsourcing and third party risk management. The publications are part of the wider operational resilience policy package released jointly with the Bank of England (the Bank) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In this post, we briefly explain the background to these publications and review the implications for both PRA-regulated firms and service providers. Read more
The latest edition of our Regulation in Focus podcast series features Clive Cunningham and Andrew Procter, both partners in our FSR practice, in conversation about the milestone publication of the UK regulators’ final policies on operational resilience. The discussion ranges from the challenges for senior managers to the nuances of setting impact tolerances in dual regulated firms to the wider global context. Read more
In this post, we revisit the background to development of operational resilience in the UK, review the publications issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the PRA, and the Bank of England (the Bank) in March, and briefly discuss the wider context. Read more
In our 24 February webinar, our cross-practice panel of experts from Hong Kong, Singapore and London will discuss operational resilience. This webinar will be of interest to senior management, legal, compliance, risk management, regulatory, data privacy, information security and corporate communications professionals who are responsible for managing, responding to and preventing significant disruptive incidents. Read more
On 5 February 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a report titled ‘Implementing Technology Change’, which sets out findings from its review into how financial services firms manage technology change, the impact of change failures, and industry practices to help reduce the impact of incidents resulting from change management. Read more
In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for January 2021.Read more
