CPD is changing
On 1 November 2023, revised continuing professional development (CPD) Regulations were introduced. Find out why ICAEW is changing its CPD requirements, who is affected and what is changing.
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Concerns that financial services organisations are paying lip service to DE&I has prompted proposals that strengthen the regulator’s expectations around non-financial misconduct.
The recent and spectacular advances made in generative artificial intelligence have been possible because of shared data.
Polly Tsang, Financial Services Manager explores some of the issues Professional Services Firms need to be thinking about now with the introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Directive (CSRD) in 2025.
Earlier this year the IASB launched a call for evidence as part of its post implementation review of the impairment requirements in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. Some respondents to the call for evidence pointed out that the impairment model in IFRS 9 is procyclical, a point also discussed by the ECB in a working paper published in June 2023.
In recent years, the issue of "financed emissions" has become a crucial aspect of the climate change discussion, highlighting the significant role that financial institutions play in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
Simon Mordant of Luminis Partners is a firm believer in following your morals. Do that, he says, and the rest will follow.
Following HM Treasury’s consultation on its proposed regulatory regime for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings providers, Polly Tsang, ICAEW’s Financial Services Regulatory Manager, outlines the planned rules and where they should be expanded.
Regulating new forms of technology is never easy. If they are being developed within financial services, the ask is even greater.
Enhanced trust, efficiency and security in financial markets make blockchain a promising innovation for the future of trading and asset management.
On 27 September, ICAEW submitted a response to the IASB’s call for evidence as part of its post implementation review of the impairment requirements in IFRS 9 Financial Instruments. This article summarises the key points from our response.
The following is a list of some regulatory publications or announcements from June 2023 affecting UK financial services.
A representation dated 28 April 2023 to a consultation published by HM Treasury on 1 February 2023.
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