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For all organisations engaged in activities that come under the control of a regulator, PwC provides support, advice and assurance to help you manage your regulatory risks. In an ever-changing regulatory environment, we help ensure that you identify, manage and control any existing and future regulatory risks. A proactive rather than a monitoring approach to regulation is now a full time strategic business activity.

Our team consists of experienced regulatory risk specialists, including ex-regulators, who not only know the rules, but have also implemented and assessed compliance against them. Our people can help you at the strategic level - by maximising any competitive advantages from regulation, through to the operational level - by minimising the costs and disruptions to your business, freeing up management time in the process.

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Potential issues

  • You don’t know whether you are regulated, or will be regulated
  • You don’t know whether you comply with your regulator's rules
  • You might be spending too much to comply with regulations
  • There are too many regulations for you to cope with
  • You might be tying up too much regulatory capital in specific businesses
  • You need to plan for staff training in light of new compliance issues
  • You are engaged in energy trading and need advice on registering and reporting to the Financial Services Authority
  • Proposed regulations might destroy your business or lead to a loss in competitive advantage
  • You are concerned about the reputational risk from failing to comply with regulations
  • You want to confirm that your sales force is complying with the sales and marketing code of conduct

How we can support you

  • Minimise risk of regulatory fines or enforcement action by your regulator
  • Minimise risk of personal fines or enforcement against your executives
  • By taking a proactive approach to addressing regulation and its impact, as opposed to a reactive ‘fire-fighting’ approach
  • Maximise the competitive and strategic opportunities resulting from regulatory change
  • Reduce costs associated with regulatory compliance
  • Independent assurance and benchmarking of regulatory compliance
  • Benefit from best practice recommendations and experience in regulatory reporting

PwC's regulatory compliance services include

  • Independent assurance of regulatory compliance and benchmarking against industry peers, supporting your regulatory responsibilities
  • Assessment of current and future regulatory risk profile and impact of new regulations
  • Effectiveness reviews of current compliance departments
  • Assistance in managing regulatory capital requirements and optimising use of regulatory capital across a group
  • Independent assurance on regulatory financial statements
  • Developing and implementing a risk-based compliance control framework and monitoring programme
  • Helping to increase the profile of regulation and an appropriate compliance culture within your business
  • Evaluation of strategic implications of new regulations and integration into business model
  • Advice and assistance with regulatory relations and in meeting regulatory standards and expectations
  • Advice and assistance with getting your business authorised by a regulator
  • Assistance and support in dealing with regulatory enforcement actions and remediation exercises - getting your business back on an even keel quickly

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