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From London to New York: How Regulators and Firms Are Re-Drawing the AI Compliance Map
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes financial services, regulators and industry leaders are converging on a shared challenge: how to balance innovation with accountability. At A-Team Group’s recent RegTech Summit London, the conversation moved beyond theory into practice, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and leading firms outlining how principle-based regulation, collaborative testing, and emerging “agentic…
Canada and Hong Kong Regulatory Reporting Updates Signal Continued Global Shift
Canada and Hong Kong’s latest regulatory reporting rule changes mark a broader international trend toward regulatory convergence, placing increasing pressure on financial institutions. Leo Labeis, CEO of REGnosys, explains how Digital Regulatory Reporting offers a path forward for reporting firms. Canada’s new trade reporting reforms, introduced by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), came into effect…
ISITC Europe and Genbounty Partner to Offer Independent Audits Aligned with EU AI Act
In a move to support regulated firms across Europe, ISITC Europe CIC has forged a partnership with AI compliance platform Genbounty to deliver third-party AI audits and accreditation. The objective: help organizations build credible AI governance programs and ensure alignment with evolving regulatory standards. Tackling the AI Governance Gap As AI deployments proliferate in financial…
ACA Group Introduces a New Framework to Strengthen Buy-Side Market Abuse Controls
Amid growing regulatory pressure and heightened investor scrutiny, ACA Group has unveiled a new Market Abuse Risk Framework aimed at helping UK and European buy-side firms identify, manage, and monitor market abuse risks across trading activities. The initiative arrives as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) steps up enforcement with a five-year strategy that prioritises market…
Beyond the Balance Sheet: Operationalising Non-Financial Misconduct under SMCR
The integration of Non-Financial Misconduct (NFM) – encompassing behaviours such as harassment, discrimination, and bullying – into the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) marks an important step in UK financial services regulation. A webinar, Managing Non-Financial Misconduct Under SMCR, hosted by A-Team Group, offered senior practitioners insights into operationalising these expectations, covering legal alignment,…
Recorded Webinar: Managing Non-Financial Misconduct Under SMCR
Non-financial misconduct – encompassing behaviours such as bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination is a key focus of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has underscored that such misconduct is not only unethical but also poses significant risks to a firm’s culture and operational integrity. Recognizing the profound impact on…
What the SEC’s New Treasury Clearing Rule Means for Dealers and Buy-Side Firms
Since December 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been steering the U.S. Treasury market toward a structural shift: mandating central clearing for broad categories of cash and repo trades in U.S. Treasuries. The objective is clear, reducing counterparty risk, improving transparency and operational resilience. But the transition presents several challenges that have yet…
From Sandbox to Scale-Up: How the FCA Plans to Shape UK Fintech Growth
In her address at Merchant Taylors’ Hall on 17 September 2025, Jessica Rusu, the FCA’s Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, set out a comprehensive programme of initiatives underpin the regulator’s growth and innovation agenda. The speech, “Regulating for growth – the future is now”, presented four central pillars: strengthening crypto oversight, advancing artificial intelligence…
Regulatory Data Handbook 2025 – Thirteenth Edition
Welcome to the thirteenth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a unique and practical guide to capital markets regulation, regulatory change, and the data and data management requirements of compliance across Europe, the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. This year’s edition lands at a moment of accelerating regulatory divergence and intensifying data focused supervision. Inside,…
Recorded Webinar: Hearing from the Experts: AI Governance Best Practices
The rapid spread of artificial intelligence in the financial industry presents data teams with novel challenges. AI’s ability to harvest and utilize vast amounts of data has raised concerns about the privacy and security of sensitive proprietary data and the ethical and legal use of external information. Robust data governance frameworks provide the guardrails needed…