Regulatory Compliance

Regulators drop their mics in their quest to preserve voice comms

As regulatory scrutiny increases around voice capture, it is essential that financial services adopt voice surveillance solutions to prevent market abuse and non-financial misconduct.

Hold the phone – What are the voice recordkeeping requirements for firms?

A large component of prevalently used messaging platforms is the ability to communicate through voice chat, which poses an avenue for compliance risk. Despite infrequent movement around voice recordkeeping, indications within current regulations and previous enforcements suggest that heightened scrutiny may be on the other line.

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance is a demanding process for corporations, especially when operating in multiple global locations. With varying demands across different regions, it can feel like a bit of a juggling act to comply.

Bad finfluence – Is influencer marketing worth the risks?

With the FCA having announced court dates for a case against nine social media influencers involved in non-compliant financial promotions, do the benefits outweigh the risks for ‘finfluencer’ marketing?

Are conduct and culture moving up U.S. regulators’ agendas?

Activities from U.S. financial regulators over past months have shown increased attention around conduct and culture, signaling a shift that suggests these themes are becoming more of a defined priority.

Compliance & Conversation: Exploring DORA

On 3 July, 2024, we were joined by compliance and surveillance experts for our Compliance & Conversation event. Bradley Rice, Partner, Financial Services Regulation at Ashurst, explored the potential impacts of upcoming EU operational resilience legislation – DORA.

On Demand: Compliance & Conversation – Exploring DORA

Watch on-demand and learn what the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) means for the financial services space.

Generation AI: What are the recordkeeping rules for generative AI platforms?

Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT have presented financial services with tremendous opportunity and tremendous risk – but how are firms beginning to use them within operations, and what are the implications of these practices? Regulators, including FINRA, have weighed in with enforcements and requirements on how to best proceed in navigating the landscape of AI technologies as they become more multifaceted.

On Demand: Compliance & Conversation – SMCR struggles – what does the SMCR extension mean for you?

On July 3, 2024, Global Relay hosted its annual Compliance & Conversation event, where compliance professionals and industry experts convened to discuss the new challenges and priorities at the fore of the regulatory landscape.

Back to bASICs – Australian regulator sets out business communications expectations

The Australian securities regulator has joined its global neighbors in clearly setting out expectations around business communications risks, and how firms should mitigate them.

The Source Podcast: Garbage in, garbage out – Why data quality and metadata integrity matter

In episode three, we're joined by Garrett Chow, Director, Commercial Operations at Global Relay, to get to grips with data quality and the importance of metadata retention. Having access to complete communications data and metadata, in the right format that’s easily sortable and searchable, can make all the difference between good regulatory relations – or being told to clean up your act.

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