Regulatory directives to watch out for in 2025

Key ongoing directives firms should factor into their business planning

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Chris Davies shares his regtech insight and highlights what regulatory directives advice firms need to watch out for this year...

A new year brings the opportunity for a fresh slate for retail intermediary (investment, mortgage and protection) firms to assess their direction of travel and how far they have come and need to go to meet their ongoing compliance requirements, goals and objectives. With 2024 being the year of arrival for artificial intelligence (AI) accompanied by plenty of ‘white noise', continued Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) focus on data-led supervision and retail intermediary firms' consolidation, there are key ongoing directives firms should factor into their governance, risk, compliance and b...

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