Compliance & Conversation: What does the data of 12,000 financial organization reveal about recordkeeping and surveillance trends?
On February 5, 2025, we were joined by a panel of compliance and surveillance experts to explore top compliance trends, answering questions including whether the FCA is complicating compliance, how AI is being used for surveillance, and if conduct and culture should be high on firm’s agendas.
Regulatory wrap episode 51: FINRA’s 2025 regulatory report: what firms need to know
In Regulatory Wrap for the week to January 31, we extract the need-to-know details from FINRA’s Annual Regulatory Oversight Report for 2025.
On Demand: Compliance & Conversation – Culture shock: A fireside chat on cultural compliance challenges
Watch on-demand and learn how effective supervision and facilitating an open dialogue with staff is key to ensuring a compliant culture.
A key lesson from JP Morgan’s $350 million fine: data completeness is critical – have you got eyes on all your comms?
JPMorgan's $350 million fine highlights the urgent need for firms to capture and monitor all communications, including GenAI, to stay compliant with FINRA and DOJ regulations.
IM impact: Are you accounting for emerging instant messaging channels?
Communications compliance persists as a regulatory focus area - but, amid a landscape of fast-emerging instant messaging applications, are firms treating IM platforms as a compliance priority?
Compliance & Conversation: Culture Shock: How cultural challenges are reshaping financial regulation
On February 5, 2025, we hosted a fireside chat that revealed key insights into the key features of a compliance culture and how regulation can prevent growth rather than encourage it.
You’ve (not) got mail – FCA criticized for 12-month email deletion policy
The Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to adopt a policy of deleting “unnecessary” staff emails after 12 months has received criticism, with commenters suggesting it is “one rule for the regulator and another for the regulated.”
FCA ‘name and shame’ proposals deemed “an abject failure” amid ongoing criticism
The Financial Conduct Authority continues to face criticism for its controversial proposals to ‘name and shame’ firms under investigation. With the regulator promising a “different relationship” with the industry, could this mark the end of the unpopular policy?
CIRO’s 2025 Compliance Playbook: Navigating cybersecurity, third-party risks, and social media rules
CIRO's 2025 Annual Report reveals it's priorities for the year ahead, namely a focus on cybersecurity, third-party risk and social media.
Culture is contagious: Is surveillance your first defense?
The FCA has doubled-down on its focus on conduct and culture, noting that it will be taking direct action against firms that do not have controls to detect misconduct.
Surveillance, Gen AI, and third-party risk: Key takeaways from FINRA’s Annual Oversight Report for 2025
FINRA has published its Annual Oversight Report for 2025, giving firms a 'heads up' of the regulator's key focus areas for the year, including AI, recordkeeping, and third-party and social media risks.