Investment & Wealth Management Update

Investment & Wealth Management Update

Our Investment and Wealth Management Update summarises the key regulatory developments and emerging business risks relevant for all designated investment firms and wealth managers.

Our FS Advisory Services team are working with more than 60 investment and wealth management firms, including platform providers and administrators, as internal auditors and advisors, giving us a broad perspective on the issues facing the sector. We have aggregated insights from our in-house research, client base, the Regulators and professional bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIIA), to support your audit plans and activities.

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Previous editions

June

In this edition you will find: 
  1. AI Update 
  2. ESG Update 
  3. ECA Update 

May

In this edition you will find:

  1. Changing Perspectives transitioning from HoIA into AC Chair
  2. ESG Update
  3. Consumer Duty Update
  4. Digital Update
  5. Economic Crime Update
  6. Internal Control Frameworks


April

In this edition you will find:


  1. FCA Business Plan
  2. Treatment of Vulnerable Customers
  3. Data Protection Update
  4. >ESG Update
  5. Economic Crime Update
  6. Digital Update



In this edition you will find: 
  1. Non-Financial Misconduct
  2. Consumer Duty Update
  3. ESG Update
  4. Economic Crime Update

In this edition you will find: 
  1. 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards 
  2. 2024 Regulatory Priorities 
  3. AI in Financial Services 
  4. ESG Update 
  5. Data Protection Update 
  6. Tax Update - R&D
  7. Economic Crime Update 
  8. Consumer Duty Update

December

In this edition you will find:

  1. A Retrospective on 2023 by a Head of Internal Audit 
  2. Diversity & Inclusion Update 
  3. Behaviours & Culture - Part 2
  4. Prudential Update 
  5. Data Protection Update 
  6. Tax Risk Update 
  7. ESG Update 
  8. Economic Crime Update



In this edition you will find: 

  1. Data Protection Update 
  2. Behaviours & Culture - Part 1
  3. Consumer Duty Update 
  4. Economic Crime Update
  5. ESG Update 



In this edition you will find: 

  1. Internal Audit Benchmarking
  2. ESG Update
  3. Cyber Risk 
  4. Economic Crime Update 
  5. Wind Down Planning 



In this edition you will find: 

  1. Audit Planning for 2024
  2. Quality Matters - Part 5
  3. Operational Resilience 
  4. Prudential Risks 
  5. 2023 Regulatory Priorities 

July

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 regulatory priorities
  2. ESG update
  3. Quality Matters - Part 4
  4. Cryptoassets: Financial Promotions Rules
  5. Economic Crime update


June

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 regulatory priorities
  2. Transformation Risk
  3. Quality Matters - Part 3
  4. D&I in Financial Services
  5. Economic Crime update

May

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 Regulatory Priorities
  2. ESG update
  3. Quality matters - part 2
  4. Finding the right internal audit model
  5. IFPR Governance and Risk Management
  6. Economic Crime Update

April

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 Regulatory Priorities
  2. Financial Promotions
  3. External quality assessment
  4. Regulator requested IA reviews
  5. FCA thematic reviews - IFP

March

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 Regulatory Priorities
  2. FCA Discussion paper on sustainability change
  3. Risk Management
  4. Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration
  5. Effective Resource Management
  6. Key Resourcing trends for Internal Audit teams in 2023
  7. Economic Crime Update

February

In this edition you will find:

  1. 2023 Regulatory Priorities
  2. ESG Priorities 2023
  3. Economic Crime Priorities 2023
  4. Round-up from the Regulators

December

In this edition you will find:

  1. Heads of Internal Audit Roundtable Diversity & Inclusion
  2. Wing-Down Planning
  3. Economic Crime Update
  4. Round up from the Regulators

November

In this edition you will find:

  1. ESG Disclosures
  2. A new Corporate Governance Code
  3. Economic Crime Update
  4. Round up from the Regulators

October

In this edition you will find:

  1. Cost of Living Crisis - Remuneration Arrangements
  2. ESG Disclosures in 2023
  3. Heightened Cyber Risk
  4. Economic Crime Update
  5. Round-up from the Regulators

September

In this edition you will find:

  1. Transformation Projects
  2. Horizon Risk Scanning
  3. Skilled Person Case Study
  4. Economic Crime Update

August

In this edition you will find:

  1. Effective internal audit planning
  2. FCA’s Consumer 2 Duty – final rules and guidance
  3. IFPR – The new prudential framework for investment firms
  4. Financial Services and Markets Bill
  5. FCA Market Watch 69 – MAR Surveillance

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