Risk & Compliance news in the UK | Page 4

An overview of news, trends and research in Risk & Compliance consulting in the UK:

HMRC probes professional services firms to tackle tax evasion With wealthy clients continuously turning to consulting, accountancy and law firms to help circumvent national tax schemes, thousands of such firms have suddenly been placed in the centre of thousand
27 March 2019
Value of UK fraud halves in 2018 following 15-year high The total value of fraud in the UK has more than halved over the last year, plummeting from its record high of the year before.
28 February 2019
CMA threatens to scupper Sainsbury’s-Asda deal The UK’s competition watchdog has said it will oppose a multi-billion merger between two of the UK’s largest supermarkets on the grounds it will lead to price increases and a reduction in choice.
22 February 2019
Proactive approach key to navigate the emerging risk landscape In today’s increasingly uncertain risk landscape, executives are continuously seeking for ways to curb greater vulnerabilities, more complex dependencies and the threat of disruption.
23 January 2019
Strategia champions military planning for corporate risk management Formed by two former British military figures, Strategia Worldwide aids business leaders to understand the interconnectedness of risk, and how they can combat it. In conversation with Consultancy.
14 January 2019
13 consulting firms join UnaVista's Partner Programme for consultants UnaVista, a provider of regulatory technology platforms, has admitted thirteen consulting firms into its newly launched Partner Programme.
06 December 2018
Compliance consultancy FSCom divests RegTech solution to PwC Big Four firm PwC has acquired KYC-Pro from FSCom for an undisclosed fee.
07 November 2018
Regulators must 'be bold' and embrace innovation In an age of rapid technological advancement, regulators have been thrown into turmoil as to how best adapt their operations to continue monitoring their respective industries.
05 October 2018
Risk management firm Consilio appoints new UK Managing Director Risk and legal services consultancy Consilio has announced the appointment of James MacGregor as a new Managing Director to its UK wing.
25 September 2018
Mott MacDonald supplies plans for North Lincolnshire flood defences The drive to prepare the Don Valley area for flooding in the future has taken a major step forward, with construction commencing on £13 million defence plans.
20 September 2018
In discussion with Nadim Choudhary, Associate Director at Arup Nadim Choudhary is Associate Director in the Resilience, Security and Risk practice of Arup, and has worked in risk for almost a decade, experiencing a range of industries including rail, nuclear, de
31 August 2018
Former GKFX Financial Services chief launches compliance consultancy Rod Martenstyn has exited brokerage firm GKFX Financial Services to launch a new consultancy.
16 August 2018
Control Risks launches due diligence solution for third-party ecosystem A new due diligence solution to monitor and maintain the third-party ecosystem of companies is looking to transform how businesses safe-guard their operations in an increasingly open era of work.
15 August 2018
Big banks to spend $200 million on preparing for FRTB regulation A number of the world’s largest banking entities are set to be hit by some $200 million in new trading rule costs.
09 August 2018
KPMG appoints Mary O'Connor as new UK risk leader Following mounting pressure from auditing watchdogs relating to a string of accounting scandals, Big Four firm KPMG has appointed a new Chief Risk Officer in its UK arm.
30 July 2018
Parker Fitzgerald appoints leaders for Cyber Risk and RegTech practices Global consultancy Parker Fitzgerald has appointed two new practice leaders, in anticipation of rising demand in some of its newest sectors.
20 July 2018
Timing sees Facebook avoid multi-million GDPR fine from UK Facebook is set to be fined £500,000 by the UK for its part in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
16 July 2018
The top UK consulting firms for finance, risk & compliance A survey among management consultants and clients of consultancies has revealed UK’s top consulting firms for finance, risk & compliance services.
10 July 2018
Law firm Allen & Overy launches regulatory consulting business One of the UK’s five largest law firms has launched a new regulatory consulting business.
10 July 2018
Standard Chartered selects BearingPoint's FiTAX as tax reporting solution Standard Chartered has selected FiTAX, a solution from BearingPoint, as its global client tax reporting solution for QI, FATCA and AEoI/CRS reporting.
05 July 2018
Firms must hone 'cyber risk appetite' to win war against hackers Cybercrime is a continuous threat for organisations, and the protecting companies from highly motivated attackers is therefore a constant and on-going process.
13 June 2018
Delta Capita and Fenergo partner for CLM implementation and managed services Fast growing Irish FinTech and RegTech company Fenergo has partnered with management consultancy Delta Capita.
30 May 2018
GDPR preparation has cost FTSE 350 businesses around $1.1 billion With the GDPR’s implementation a matter of days away, companies in the UK are still scrambling to comply with the European law.
23 May 2018
Falsified Medicine Directive (FMD) compliance requires pharmaceutical serialisation Europe’s pharmaceuticals industry is gearing up for one of the largest regulatory introductions in years.
17 May 2018
Regulation to drive diversity & inclusion is becoming a necessity A survey of senior Irish business leaders found an even split between those who favoured a regulatory solution to drive diversity at management level, and those opposed.
03 May 2018
Synechron launches RegTech programme for clients in financial services Following Accelerator programmes for Blockchain, InsurTech, and AI, international consulting and technology firm Synechron has now also made a foray into the RegTech realm.
26 April 2018
Businesses remain wary of instability amid divided political landscape For business operating internationally, political risk is a key factor for the businesses’ outlook and future prosperity.
23 April 2018
Lessons and takeaways from 15 years of operational risk reporting The first Basel II proposals, published in 1999 globalised the term ‘operational risk’, a phrase that, while it has been debated at the occasional conference and had attracted surplus risk management
19 April 2018
Smart technology can ease GDPR compliance, says Compendor founder Two years ago Elmo Olieslagers left a large management consulting firm to launch Compendor, a startup that specialises in regulatory technology (RegTech) consultancy services and solutions.
09 April 2018
Elixirr and Kaizen to aid financial institutions transaction reporting compliance Last year, almost two thirds of transactions reported by financial institutions were incorrect, resulting in fines from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), while firms were unaware of these inaccu
29 March 2018
Willis Towers Watson promotes Alexis Faber to Corporate Risk and Broking COO International professional services firm Willis Towers Watson has appointed long-serving employee, Alexis Faber, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment.
13 March 2018
Former BBC Director Simon Marr leads Risk & Security consultancy wing of WYG Simon Marr has been appointed as Divisional Director of WYG’s Risk & Security Consultancy business.
20 February 2018

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