Risk & Compliance news in the UK | Page 5

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

Fraud booms in East Anglia & Yorkshire push UK bill to £2 billion East Anglia has seen an 802% increase in reported fraud over the past year, while Yorkshire experienced a similar wave of expensive scams, pushing the national fraud toll to £2 billion for the first
21 June 2017
Financial regulations with the biggest impact on data governance Nathan Snyder, Partner at Brickendon Consulting, discusses the regulations coming into force for data governance.
21 June 2017
Five critical challenges related to becoming GDPR compliant Almost exactly one year from today, on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the European Union.
30 May 2017
MiFID II also impacts investment firms outside of Europe Ricardo Cruz, Senior Consultant at Delta Capita, explores the effects MiFID II will have on the business landscape outside of Europe.
18 May 2017
Sia Partners joins Moody's Analytics PartnerAlliance network Risk management business Moody’s Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody's, has announced a strategic collaboration with Sia Partners.
17 May 2017
RegTech as a driver for regulatory and compliance cost reduction The emergence of new technologies in the regulatory space is offering financial services institutions growing possibilities to reduce costs and improve the quality of its regulatory response process,
04 May 2017
Resharing of personal data set to become the new apping Ten years ago, no one had heard of ‘apping’, and now because of WhatsApp it has become indispensable.
19 January 2017
Southwark Council contracts BDO for internal audit and risk services Southwark London Borough Council, one of London’s largest and most diverse councils, has hired BDO to provide internal audit and risk management services.
16 December 2016
Internal control aligned with strategy and business requirements RGP has over the years developed extensive experience in internal control, serving clients across industries from strategy through implementation.
15 December 2016
Marsh & McLennan launches Asia Pacific Risk Center to map regional risks Marsh & McLennan Companies and the Singapore Economic Development Board have joined forces to launch the Asia Pacific Risk Center.
11 October 2016
Insurers keen to develop ERM systems to unlock business risk insights Enterprise risk management solutions within the insurance industry are on the increase, as their reactionary potential for dealing with risk events pays off.
04 October 2016
Wait and see mode risks successful implementation of MiFID II The 12 month delay of MiFID II has propelled many financial services organisations into a ‘wait and see’ mode, on the back of continuing uncertainty and project teams which are struggling to maintain momentum.
26 September 2016
Banks should start preparing for Payment Services Directive 2 Less than 18 months to go before Payment Services Directive 2, one of the most disruptive regulations in the financial industry, kicks in.
20 September 2016
Cybercrime and crisis insurance products to boom in coming years Insurance against a range of risks in the political risk and crisis management space are set to boom in the coming years, after a period of lacklustre profitability growth within the market.
13 September 2016
Best practice risk management approach for asset replacement programmes Nations have trillions worth of assets, ranging from houses and industrial buildings to infrastructure and utility networks.
25 August 2016
Impact of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a major regulatory development and there are just two years to prepare for compliance.
23 June 2016
McKinsey: Geopolitical risks expected to impact profits globally Executives are increasingly concerned about geopolitical instability, globally and domestically, on their profitability – however, few are deploying strategies that deal with the associated problems
20 June 2016
Aon supports ThinkHazard! with 31 earthquake data sets Earthquakes can cause immense damage, in severe cases resulting in collapsing structures and a high dealth toll.
16 June 2016
Radius buys US tax and compliance advisory firm Montage Services Montage Services, a tax and compliance advisory firm based in the US, has been acquired by Radius, an advisory and technology company specialised in growth services. As part of the deal – terms of the transaction h
13 June 2016
PwC launches new global centre dedicated to crisis management Accounting and consulting giant PwC has launched a new global centre dedicated to crisis management.
07 June 2016
Economic uncertainties are raising risk profiles globally Global political and economic uncertainties are putting company executives on edge as they seek to address a range of risks, a new report finds.
12 May 2016
Alpha FMC launches Compliance and Regulation practice Consulting firm Alpha FMC has launched a dedicated Compliance practice. The new unit will be headed by Andrew Glessing, a former FCA manager, and run from the firm’s London office.
26 April 2016
Internal audit function can bolster cybersecurity frontiers A new report by Protiviti finds that cybersecurity is increasingly finding its way through the ranks of internal audit teams.
16 March 2016
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) priorities for 2016 Even as the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) industry focuses on convergence as a way to simplify, enhance and accelerate GRC programs, it is essential that GRC stakeholders acquire the ability
03 March 2016
Magic Quadrant: Operational Risk Management Solutions Analyst and research firm Gartner has released the latest edition of its Magic Quadrant for ‘Operational Risk Management Solutions’.
23 February 2016
New regulations are driving payments innovation in UK The PSD2 (Payments Services Directive 2) and Open API (application programming interface) standards in banking will come into force in the UK (and the wider EU) within two years.
22 February 2016
PwC: Correspondent banking facing existential crisis Following the 2008 banking crisis and the more recent Libor rating scandal, as well as the increasing sophistication of international criminal syndicates, regulators have clamped down on internationa
04 February 2016
PwC: UK businesses still fail to take on cyber security Information security remains a key challenge for businesses around the world, as adversaries become more and more sophisticated.
19 November 2015
Active defense vital for battling cybersecurity threat Against the backdrop of the growing frequency and impact of cybersecurity, and the uphill battle forecasted to unfold at businesses over the coming years, adopting an active cyber-defense stance is b
11 November 2015
Guy Carpenter launches risk management platform Insuring risks has been part of business for millennia and many of the world’s assets are insured against calamities. Yet underwriting risk has not always been straight forward.
10 November 2015
Oxford Economics & Control Risks provide risk analysis Oxford Economics and Control Risks have jointly released a subscription based tool to provide businesses around the world with clear risk profiles for 164 countries.
14 October 2015
Barnett Waddingham launches Business Risk Services Barnett Waddingham has launched a new risk management service. The practice, named ‘Business Risk Practice’, aims at helping clients mitigate, manage, and optimise business risks.
08 October 2015

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