Treating Customers Fairly – TCF The FCA no longer carries out TCF specific visits, however this does not mean that they think it is any…
The Back-Office System & Procedures Bringing in clients (New Business) seems to be the most exciting thing there is, right? That’s why there are so…
Annual Policy Review Best practice for all governance is at least an annual review of policies and Terms of Reference. Policies should be reviewed by…
FCA MLRO ANNUAL REPORT COMPLETION The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have specific regulatory rules and requirements set out in the ‘Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and…
Key Committee Meeting Minutes Committee minutes are important as they show the data and information available and presented, decisions made, responsibles for the actions agreed…
Governance, Risk & Compliance Frameworks Why is governance risk and compliance important? To ensure that businesses protect their information, have consistent cohesion departmentally, and follow…
Board of Directors – Understanding and Further Training? What does the Board of Directors do? It provides leadership of the organisation within a framework of prudent…
The Duty of Responsibility. Every Senior Manager has a Duty of Responsibility under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, which means that if a…
SMCR Reasonable Steps Have To Be Evidenced Get an Independent assessment of your steps – Today! What are reasonable steps? The introduction of the…
The Importance of Good Management Information (MI) and Reporting The significance and requirement of excellent operational detail (volumes, speed, performance indicators, controls, tolerances etc.) are…