The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a set of reforms which, in tandem with the Financial Services and Markets Bill, the government hopes will drive growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector. The Chancellor has made a written statement to Parliament on the measures proposed. Continue reading
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2022 Global Bank Review – Banking on People
We are excited to announce the launch of the 2022 Global Bank Review: Banking on People.
Surveying the current landscape of the financial sector in late 2022, it is hard to avoid the sense of an industry once again facing a severe squeeze. One thing is certain: global finance is currently facing mounting pressure to invest long-term for a low-carbon, high-tech world in the decades to come, while bracing itself for intense economic headwinds and volatility on the immediate horizon.
UK regulators release final operational resilience policies
The end of March saw a flurry of activity on operational resilience as the UK regulators published final policy on operational resilience and, for the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), final rules on outsourcing and third party risk management while the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued its new Principles for Operational Resilience and revised Principles for the Sound Management of Operational Risk.
FCA publishes technology change management review
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. Continue reading