Key reminders and updates
The Regulation and Conduct Annual Report 2025, titled: “Trust through accountability” is now available. Read the report to find out how we help members and firms to maintain high professional standards and hold them to those standards.
Read key findings identified in recent disciplinary cases to ensure you or your firm are not making similar mistakes.
Access all of our upcoming regulatory webinars in one place using our new hub designed to support you with practical guidance, expert insight, and real-world examples across our regulatory areas.
Find out what our firms thought of the monitoring review process in Q1 2026.
If you believe a firm supervised by ICAEW is breaching the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, you can raise your concern confidentially to us.
Hear about the findings from more than 2,000 Practice Assurance monitoring reviews with a focus on cyber security.
Audit
As potential for the use of AI in audit grows, firms must take a proactive approach to managing the risks. Clear policies, training and oversight are essential to protect audit quality, confidentiality and regulatory compliance.
ICAEW has launched new guidance for audit-registered firms to help ensure that their name is not mistaken for that of another audit firm. Our regulatory policy experts explain why the guidance is necessary and outline the simple checks that can help firms choose a distinct name.
Read our 2026 Audit Monitoring Report which details the results from nearly 400 quality assurance monitoring visits.
ICAEW’s Quality Assurance Department present the key findings from the Audit Monitoring Report 2026, covering monitoring activity for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Join us for an early look at new guidance ahead of AML regulation changes. Our quality assurance reviewers will also share examples of good practice from recent firm reviews.
Practice Assurance
Hear about the findings from more than 2,000 Practice Assurance monitoring reviews with a focus on cyber security.
Legal services
A new unified banking protocol for probate has been put in place by UK Finance, ICAEW and other legal services regulators. The protocol streamlines estate administration for authorised probate practitioners, making it easier for them to work with financial institutions during the probate process.
