Consumer Duty: Delivering Price & Value Under Consumer Duty

In this fourth blog in our series on the new Consumer Duty (CD), I will focus on what I believe the ‘Price & Value’ (P&V) challenges will be for firms […]
Consumer Duty: Getting The ‘Products & Services’ Outcome Right

In this third blog in our series on the new Consumer Duty (CD), I will focus on what I believe will be the work required to get a firm’s response […]
Consumer Duty: What Will Be The Key Challenges For Firms?

In my first blog, I talked about the fact that the incoming CD regulation presents firms with a major and new type of challenge when responding to regulation. To recap, […]
Consumer Duty: What Is It & Why Is it Different From Anything That Has Gone Before

At Worksmart, we’re dedicated to helping firms by providing them with practical interpretations of regulatory matters together with Regulatory Technology (RegTech) to help support firms in achieving their regulatory obligations. […]
Consumer Duty, Final Rules Have Landed, Now What? – Webinar Polling Results

On 17th August, Worksmart hosted a webinar with Shoosmiths on the incoming Consumer Duty. The webinar was attended by over 400 people, which goes to show how seriously this new […]
Diversity and inclusion on company boards and executive management – So, what’s actually changing?

With diversity & Inclusion (D&I) being an important part of the culture in any firm, the FCA have recently published their final policy statement in respect of D&I as set […]
FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, WealthTech How do firms navigate an ever more complex landscape?

In a Sector that loves acronyms, abbreviations, labels and generating “new” and exciting names for existing things, the most exciting thing for me is the rise in recognition of Tech […]
Regulatory Initiatives Grid 2022 – what is this years’ focus?

It’s that time again! The updated version of the current range of regulatory initiatives in play was recently published on the websites of both the PRA and the FCA. Regulatory […]
Individual Accountability Frameworks – The Regulatory Spotlight turns to Ireland and SEAR

For those UK based organisations that have been closely watching developments from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), will know that the Individual Accountability Framework Bill was initially published for […]
SMCR – Haven’t we nailed it yet?

In a time where it is clearly becoming more challenging for compliance teams to keep on top of an ever-changing regulatory landscape, one thing that strikes me is that regulated […]