Liz Coyle: Your Senior Managers & Certification Regime refresher

Regulatory update

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Given the regulatory upheavals of the first half of 2018, the Senior Managers & Certification Regime may have slipped to the back of your mind. Here Liz Coyle recaps the key aspects of next year's big rules change

2018 began with a metaphorical tsunami of regulation and policy change and so it would understandable if the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) - still awaiting a final Policy Statement and not due to be implemented until mid to late 2019 - may have slipped to the back of your mental queue. That being so, it seemed useful to remind you of the key points and purpose of the SM&CR and bring you up to date with the latest - at the time of writing - developments. Let's start at the beginning … What is the SM&CR? The aim of the SM&CR is to reduce harm to consumers and strength...

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