Robert Dedman: Seven key points on the senior managers regime

'Firms and senior managers would be well advised to start planning now'

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Robert Dedman looks at the extension of the senior managers regime and outlines seven key points to be aware of this year

Last year saw significant regulatory change across the financial services industry. In addition to the ongoing Brexit process, the year brought with it implementation of MiFID II, PSD2 and the fourth anti-money laundering directive to name but a few. And for those with regulatory change fatigue, we are not out of the woods yet - 2018 is set to be another bumper year, led by proposals to extend the senior managers regime (SMR) to all firms across the financial services industry.  Here are seven SMR-related things to look out for in 2018.  More detail on the FCA's proposals to ex...

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