Worksmart Events

Its that time again! Now that the FCA's Business Plan has been issued, the Worksmart team (and guests) will be discussing and debating the critical regulatory topics for firms to […]

Operational resilience has been thrust higher up the regulatory agenda over the last 12/18 months as firms and individuals alike have had to completely re-engineer the way they have operated […]

Constant reminders by The FCA on the importance of Culture is challenging leaders of regulated financial firms to move from saying, “We need to measure Culture“ to asking “What are […]

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) has been with us for some time now, and as a result expectations are changing.  The regulatory focus will be around firms providing […]

SM&CR has been part of the regulatory landscape for Banking & Insurance for 5 years now and much less so for FCA solo regulated firms. But even some banks and […]

SM&CR has been part of the regulatory landscape for Banking & Insurance for 5 years now, and whilst its much less than that for FCA solo regulated firms, there is […]

As Accountability Regimes are rolled out around the Globe, the "Award Winning" team here at Worksmart invite you to join us for this event very specifically focused on the Singapore […]

Now in its 11th year, City and Financial are hosting City Week, the premier gathering of the international financial services community. This brings together industry leaders and policy makers from […]

FCA solo regulated firms are now completing the transition of SM&CR requirements into ‘Business as Usual’ but what exactly does this look like? In the second of our popular webinars, […]

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) has been with us for some time now, but should we be cautious about losing focus and our attention being directed elsewhere? For […]

FCA solo regulated firms are now completing the transition of SM&CR requirements into ‘Business as Usual’ but what exactly does this look like? As this transition continues, knowingly or not, […]

Regulated firms have struggled to measure Culture, often citing that ‘it’s far too difficult and abstract’ to define and manage effectively. Such reasoning in 2021 won’t wash with regulators, shareholders […]

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) has recently impacted the Credit & Collections industry and it was introduced to ensure that Senior Managers are individually accountable for their business […]

Leaders making their way into senior leadership in the financial sector do so because of their unique strengths; expertise, experience, drive and resilience. But in today’s uncertainty and complexity, these […]

FinTech Global and RegTech Analyst are hosting their 4th Annual Global RegTech Summit, virtually on 11th-13th May 2021. With RegTech firmly on the FCA's agenda in the UK, the conference […]

Infoline are hosting a 2-day Operational Resilience in Technology, conference virtually on 27th -28th April 2021. This event will provide policy updates from the Bank of England, and allow firms […]

The FLA will be hosting its first remote conference in 2021 on the important subject of .Regulation Technology (RegTech) The conference will focus on how technology is influencing change in […]

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) has been with us for some time now, but should we be cautious about losing focus and our attention being directed elsewhere? For […]

Following on from the success of the inaugural PIMFA Virtual Fest in June 2020, PIMFA are running a second Virtual Fest which will take place on 9th and 10th March […]

If Culture is what people do when no one is looking, then 2021 might prove to be as challenging to your Conduct and Culture risk frameworks as the last nine […]

As SMCR becomes part of everyday life in Financial Services, this conference discusses how to develop conduct standards and healthy cultures in the context of Covid-19. David Blunt, Head of […]

City & Financial are running a virtual conference on 22nd February on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. The conference is particularly timely as solo-regulated firms make their final preparations […]

2020 was a tumultuous year for most of the UK population, regardless of what sector you worked in. Within the Financial Services Sector, not only did we go through our […]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FCA announced that the deadline for solo-regulated firms to undertake the first assessment of the fitness and propriety of their certified persons […]

Solo Regulated Firms have been living with the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) now since December 2019, and the impact of Covid-19 means the landscape of our professional world […]

Business and regulators recognise that organisations with a purposeful culture deliver better results. In the FCA discussion paper (DP20/1) of March this year, firm after firm highlighted that defining and […]

The UK Finance Conduct and Culture Forum is a quarterly meeting for senior managers of finance service firms who lead the Conduct Risk & Culture agenda in their firm. It […]

The 6th Annual Culture and Conduct Forum builds on the success of the five previous editions, all of which have been very well attended and highly rated by speakers, delegates […]

The FCA's Training & Competence (TC) regime supports consumers by making sure that financial services employees are appropriately qualified and well regulated. The regime itself comprises of two main components:- […]

The Credit & Collections Technology Awards recognise, excellence and innovation in the UK credit and collections industry. These prestigious Awards are judged by an independent panel of industry experts. We […]

SM&CR came into force for all FCA-regulated firms in December 2019. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought SM&CR into sharp focus. Join us for the SM&CR Briefing: One Year […]

This 30mins webinar will provide an overview of Caresmart and for any questions to be answered.

Solo Regulated Firms have been living with the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR) now since December 2019, and the impact of Covid-19 means the landscape of our professional world […]

Worksmart are sponsoring the Global Regtech Summit, being held on 22nd September. Due to CV19, the Summit is now vitual. The event is key because it will explore how the […]

This Forum will be a timely platform for firms to debate SM&CR post-implementation challenges and share best practices and serves as an opportunity for delegates to hear the view from the regulator

In this FREE 60 minute webinar, we evaluate the post COVID-19 role compliance and risk professionals will play in shaping the future of the business, anticipating risks to protect the firm, it’s bottom line and its reputation.