Regulatory Compliance Articles

Expert guidance on governance, conduct, and regulatory change

These regulatory compliance articles reflect the issues we see across our client base – from governance and oversight to culture, controls, and emerging regulatory expectations.

Each article draws on our consultants’ experience advising wholesale banks, asset managers, brokers, platforms, and other regulated firms across multiple jurisdictions.

We focus on practical implications rather than restating the rulebook, helping you navigate requirements from supervisors including the FCA, PRA, and their international counterparts.

Use these regulatory compliance articles to brief senior management, inform board discussions, or support training across your compliance and risk teams.

BROWSE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ARTICLES BY TOPIC

Filter by topic to find regulatory compliance articles that address your specific governance and supervisory challenges. Themes include conduct and culture, compliance frameworks, supervisory engagement, and emerging regulatory priorities.

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What We Cover

Our regulatory compliance articles span the full spectrum of challenges facing regulated financial services firms:

Governance and Accountability

Senior management accountability, compliance function effectiveness, and the frameworks that underpin robust oversight arrangements.

Conduct and Consumer Outcomes

Consumer Duty implementation, conduct standards, conflicts management, and ensuring fair outcomes across the customer journey.

Market Integrity and Financial Crime

Market abuse prevention, financial crime controls, and transaction reporting obligations for firms operating in regulated markets.

Client Assets and Operational Risk

CASS requirements, safeguarding, operational resilience, third-party risk management, and payments regulation.

Supervisory Engagement

Preparing for regulatory visits, responding to information requests, and managing ongoing supervisory relationships.

Regulatory Developments

Emerging requirements, consultation responses, and implementation strategies for evolving areas including ESG and cross-border rules.

Each article is written by consultants who have held senior compliance and regulatory roles. We write for practitioners who need to understand what rules mean in practice and not just what they say on paper.

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Latest compliance insights

The Leverage Ratio

The leverage ratio explained: a simple backstop to risk-weighted requirements. How it works, UK and EU minimum requirements, and why every exposure counts equally.

ILAAP Explained

ILAAP explained: how banks assess liquidity adequacy beyond regulatory minimums. Covers stress testing, survival periods, contingency planning and PRA review.

ICAAP Explained

ICAAP explained: how banks assess their own capital needs beyond regulatory minimums. Covers risk coverage, stress testing, and how the PRA uses the process.

The Countercyclical Capital Buffer

The countercyclical capital buffer explained: how this macroprudential tool varies with the credit cycle, how rates are set, and the current UK position.

The Capital Conservation Buffer

The capital conservation buffer explained: how the 2.5% CET1 requirement works, what happens when banks use it, and the graduated distribution restrictions.

Pillar 2A and Pillar 2B

Pillar 2A and Pillar 2B explained: how firm-specific capital requirements and PRA buffers work, what triggers supervisory action, and UK versus EU differences.

Pillar 1 Capital Requirements

How Pillar 1 capital requirements work for banks: credit, market and operational risk explained, plus UK and EU Basel III implementation dates.

Banking Book vs Trading Book

How banks classify assets between the banking book and trading book matters for capital requirements. We explain the distinction and Basel III boundary rules.

PRA Sets Out 2026 Priorities for UK Deposit Takers

PRA sets 2026 supervisory priorities for UK deposit takers, with resilience a key theme amid geopolitical tensions and market uncertainty.

The UK’s New Cryptoasset Regulatory Regime

Discover how the UK’s new cryptoasset regulatory regime expands FCA oversight, reshaping how crypto firms operate

FCA Standing Data: Your Annual Compliance Reminder and What Happens If You Miss It

Discover the importance of updating your standing data for FCA compliance. Understand your regulatory obligations and implications.

AI Regulation: UK Evidence Requirements and EU Challenges

Discover how UK AI rules demand evidence while EU regulations introduce cross-border challenges for businesses navigating compliance