How to keep up: How regulatory risk shows up in today's businesses

Second in series of three articles looking at investment regulation

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In the second part of the series, Gareth Johnson explores how regulatory risks present themselves in today’s asset management businesses

In the first article in this mini-series, I discussed some of the current regulatory focuses that led 100 senior asset managers to conclude that "keeping up with regulatory changes" was the top threat facing their businesses, as reported in FE Fundinfo's Asset Managers Report 2024. To recap briefly, those focuses included: Consumer Duty and vulnerability; integration of data-driven Board oversight; investment oversight and governance; financial crime risks, such as scams, frauds, and money laundering; MiFIDPRU reporting; and SRI, ESG, and Greenwashing. In this article, I would like to...

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