MyComplianceOffice Blog

Global conduct risk and compliance technology provider MyComplianceOffice (MCO) has placed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Ireland for the third consecutive year and won the Scale Up Award.

Small businesses and financial firms have undergone seismic shifts over the last few years. The pandemic forced employers to rethink their positions on remote and hybrid working models, and employees have come to expect greater flexibility. PwC’s survey of over 18,000 workers across Asia-Pacific (APAC) reveals that 66% expect to perform their roles in a hybrid capacity 12 months from now. In contrast, 24% expect fully-remote and only 10% fully in-person.

“Remember - NO TWO-TIMING - NO MOONLIGHTING”, reads a recent email from Infosys to its employees. The communication stresses the clauses of Infosys employment contracts, which restrict its employees from taking up secondary employment.

It’s been just about a year since the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) issued the Dear CEO letter Thematic findings on the reliability of regulatory reporting, serving notice to firms that the agency has seen “a historic lack of focus, prioritisation, and investment in this area.”

It’s not a new problem but the letter has brought it into sharp relief. One year on, where are firms regarding the expectations around regulatory reporting and governance set out in the letter?

Competing priorities for compliance departments today include tight budgets, challenges hiring and retaining skilled professionals, the continuing impact of COVID 19 and remote and hybrid work—all while maintaining a culture of compliance in the midst of everything else.