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The FCA's strategy for 2025-2030 is here

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April 14, 2025
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The FCA's strategy for 2025-2030 is here

With governments around the world looking to promote the growth of their economies, financial services regulators in the US, Europe and elsewhere are looking at ways to support growth by encouraging greater innovation, bolstering competitiveness and reducing “burdensome” regulation. Today, it was the FCA’s chance to let us know how it plans to address this challenge...
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“I wanted to look good in a suit” … In conversation with Fortune Chigwende
July 29, 2022
A careers event at school inspired Fortune Chigwende to become an accountant. She tells Anisha Pithwa from Protiviti’s iGROWW network how she channelled self-belief, drive and confidence to reach the top of her internal audit career.  
Unchartered territory: Preparing for Russian sanctions compliance scrutiny from regulators
July 25, 2022
As financial institutions navigate the Russian sanctions, regulators will be watching closely. Below, Protiviti explores how institutions can prepare for the regulatory scrutiny that will inevitably follow. This article is based on the recent Protiviti webinar series Unchartered Territory: Managing the Risk of Russian Sanctions held in the US, the UK and the EU. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, financial…
Tackling Tomorrow Today: ‘New ways of working need new tech’
July 21, 2022
Eileen Burbidge is a prominent early-stage technology investor in London, having moved from the U.S. to the U.K. in 2004 to work for Skype. Speaking at the Protiviti and Robert Half Tackling Tomorrow Today event in June, she shared her story of leaving Silicon Valley, why her children’s influence is important, and the trends for businesses to watch.
Unchartered territory: Addressing Russian sanctions evasion
July 15, 2022
Individuals and entities will often take steps to avoid the impact of sanctions. Below, Protiviti explores sanctions evasion tactics and what financial institutions can do to mitigate evasion risk. This article is based on the recent Protiviti webinar series Unchartered Territory: Managing the Risk of Russian Sanctions held in the US, the UK and the EU. Sanctions evasion tactics are well established and remain a…
Unchartered territory: Managing multiple Russian sanctions regimes
July 11, 2022
The rapid changes and nuances in the Russian sanctions regimes have created challenges for global financial institutions. Organizational consensus on the approach to managing them will help financial institutions stay within regulatory boundaries and minimise the risk of penalties. This article is based on the recent Protiviti webinar series Unchartered Territory: Managing the Risk of Russian Sanctions held in the…
Non-Financial Risk Management: Regulatory fines, warnings and investigations persist across non-financial risks
May 25, 2022
Whilst many banks have embedded management of traditional financial risks such as credit and market, CROs and CCOs are under increasing pressure to address known and emerging non-financial risks. Pressure is further exacerbated by shrinking budgets and increasing costs of managing expanding control stacks, as well as remediation programmes driven by risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) blind spots for non-…
Inspiring women leaders - In conversation with Janet Barberis
May 23, 2022
What’s it like being a female leader in professional services, and how has the sector changed? Nina Haldorsen from Protiviti’s iGROWW network interviews Janet Barberis, managing director at Protiviti UK about her career and why ‘being yourself’ matters.
FSI COOs share insights on leveraging intelligent automation
May 19, 2022
Robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) are helping financial institutions transform their operations. But many institutions are in the early stages of their journey. The UK Finance COO Forum in April discussed the benefits of intelligent automation and how institutions can leverage it to enhance customer experience.
Temporary Permissions
May 3, 2022
CASS Audit Preparation for Firms that are Newly Authorised or Waiting for their Permissions Introduced in July 2018, the temporary permissions regime (TPR) enabled relevant EEA firms that were passporting into the UK when the transition period ended to continue operating temporarily in the UK. In 2021, the FCA started accepting applications for the Part IV Permission so that the firms can become fully authorised.…
A measured approach: FSI COOs weigh in on ESG initiatives
May 2, 2022
Increasingly, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives have become a strategic priority for financial institutions. The recent UK Finance COO Forum explored how these initiatives are developing across the financial services sector. Among the insights gleaned from the forum is that most institutions are taking a measured approach to ESG strategy as they acquaint themselves with ESG risks and assume…
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