MiFID II, SMCR, FEMR – The push for competent employees
Over the last few years, the financial services industry has been presented with a series…
Yearly Archives: 2017
The four chemicals of sales motivation
One of my favourite cocktails is a Vodka Martini. It has four distinct ingredients -…
Preparing for the new GDPR data protection regime
With issues around data protection and cyber security increasingly in the news these days, the…
IDD – what’s it all about?
The Insurance Distribution Directive (not to be confused with the Initial Disclosure Document!) will replace…
MiFID II – implications
With the recent election now behind us and the Brexit negotiations likely to drag on…
MiFID II: Are you prepared?
After ten years of extensive revision, debate and delays, the revised Markets in Financial Instruments…
Aspects of the extending increased accountability regulations across the industry
Just because… as an industry do we never learn? We did exactly the same with…
Technology – all for the greater good?
Martin Wheatley, CEO of the FCA recently spoke at the Lansons annual conference about the…
MMR – will irresponsible lending be controlled?
June is the time of the year when industry commentators look forward to hearing the…
Missing the point on conduct risk?
When the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) took over from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as…