CREST at 20
The UK’s settlement system CREST turns 20 this year. How did it evolve and what…
Yearly Archives: 2016
How to have a conversational factfind
If you’re in the business of giving mortgage advice, you know that it’s tightly regulated…
Is a perfect storm brewing as the FCA sets out to execute its business plan?
The FCA Business Plan 2016/17 is the fourth since the inception of the FCA. The…
Serious games to serious gains
Games and gamification aren’t going away. It has gone beyond the point where serious games…
How top companies breed stars
You couldn’t be blamed for rolling your eyes when the boss says, “People are our…
Learning from stand-up
I have to own up, I enjoy training. Though, I also have to own up,…
Ageing population and the competence factor
February saw the launch of the FCA’s project looking at the challenges facing the Financial…
SM&CR – Responsibility Maps are just the tip of the iceberg…..
On 7th March this year, the Senior Manager and Certification Regime for Banks (SM&CR) and…
T&C – Linking a Continuous Development Plan to a Personal Development Plan
Who remembers when Continuous Personal Development started as a formal record? The days when reading…
Making compliance e-learning work harder in the insurance sector
With today’s financial services businesses facing ever fiercer regulatory scrutiny, insurance companies of all types…