With financial services regulation developing at pace in areas such as ESG, Fintech and new technologies, our newly launched horizon scanning tool, the Global Financial Services Regulatory (FSR) Momentum Monitor enables financial service providers to plan and prepare for coming regulatory developments across the jurisdictions in which they operate.
In a speech delivered on 17 March 2021 for the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter Annual Review Launch 2021, FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi sent a warning to the financial services industry that diversity and inclusion should form a core part of firm and senior management culture, and that the regulator will start taking action where it fails to see improvements made.
On 16 September 2020, Ted MacDonald (Advisor in Wholesale Bank Supervision) and Olivia Fahy (Lead Associate in the Conduct Specialists Department) from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) joined experts from Baker McKenzie to discuss the potential conduct and culture challenges of working in the current and post COVID-19 environments.