An insider’s guide to the laws dictating life within UK and EU financial services, the people influencing their development and policing finance workers’ compliance
Special episode: How to modernise voice surveillance for today’s markets with Smarsh's Eric Wiggins and Shaun Hurst
26 mins; March 24, 2026
Former insider trader Tom Hardin on the blind spots in finance’s fight against market abuse
29 mins; March 09, 2026
FCA deputy CEO Sarah Pritchard on the regulator's to-do list as it navigate new rules, new risks and "uncertain" times
44 mins; February 23, 2026
How to handle non-financial misconduct without damaging organisational culture, with former Standard Chartered surveillance chief Emily Wright and conduct risk consultant Emma Parry
45 mins; February 09, 2026
Special episode: How to modernise trader voice technology to better meet today's regulatory demands with Symphony's Ben Chrnelich and Antoine Stephen
31 mins; January 26, 2026
FRC CEO Richard Moriarty on cutting red tape, calling time on “dumb” compliance checklists and futureproofing the accounting watchdog without the legislative powers he was promised
45 mins; January 12, 2026
Special episode: How to prepare for the next wave of crypto regulation
46 mins; December 15, 2025
Market Structure Partners' Niki Beattie on why, and how, we need to rethink how markets work
37 mins; December 01, 2025
Special episode: How to navigate a dawn raid with the SFO's Emma Isaac and Simmons & Simmons' Camilla de Silva
55 mins; November 17, 2025
Graham Kent, Deutsche Bank's Group Chief Compliance Officer, on the compliance challenges shaping the industry’s future
31 mins; November 03, 2025
Special episode: How to cut red tape for financial leaders while raising conduct standards with Penny Miller and Andrea Finn of Simmons & Simmons
31 mins; October 20, 2025
Special episode: How to master compliant voice surveillance in financial services with Smarsh’s Ryan Kahan
27 mins; October 06, 2025
Special episode: How to future proof your business with Charlotte Stalin and Sarah James of Simmons & Simmons
38 mins; September 22, 2025
FCA’s Charlotte Clark on the firms ‘over-interpreting’ Consumer Duty, how the watchdog plans to help City firms navigate compliance, and its role in supporting firms through rapid AI adoption
30 mins; September 08, 2025
Special episode: How to track non-financial misconduct within your business with Smarsh's Shaun Hurst and former Standard Chartered surveillance chief Emily Wright
29 mins; August 04, 2025
Mark Watson, SVB’s former management governance head, on the crisis policymakers, regulators, and financial institutions are sleepwalking into and how to avoid it
30 mins; July 21, 2025
FMSB CEO Myles McGuinness on his plans to help the City tackle non-financial misconduct, and bolstering the standard setters' future in an increasingly polarised world
33 mins; July 07, 2025
Jillien Flores of the Managed Funds Association on how rulemakers can best rethink overly-onerous regulations for alternative asset managers, and the "misguided" policies they should avoid
32 mins; June 23, 2025
Edwin Schooling Latter, ex-FCA regulator now Mizuho's UK compliance head, on the reforms that could unlock "big savings" and the lessons we missed from recent failures of major financial institutions
41 mins; June 09, 2025
ESMA chair Verena Ross on her to-do list for 2025, simplifying the EU financial rulebook, and life at the helm of the watchdog
44 mins; May 26, 2025
Capstone's Mathew Gilbert on navigating Trump 2.0, and the regulatory changes needed to drive "tangible" growth in the UK and EU
27 mins; May 05, 2025
Governance expert Vera Cherepanova on why ethics and compliance professionals need a more influential voice in the boardroom, and the obstacles standing in their way
26 mins; April 21, 2025
TP ICAP's Nik Bunney on rethinking surveillance at the world’s largest interdealer broker and what the City needs from the FCA on non-financial misconduct
32 mins; April 07, 2025
Melissa Gallagher, JP Morgan's EMEA head of compliance, on future-proofing the back office amidst technological and regulatory change
36 mins; March 24, 2025
Alan Houmann, Citigroup's former government affairs head in Emea, on navigating rising populism and what not to do in response to "disturbing" government policies
29 mins; March 10, 2025
London Stock Exchange CEO Julia Hoggett on the changes needed to boost the City and its capital markets
47 mins; February 24, 2025
Special episode: Smarsh's Kim Crawford Goodman and CallCabinet's Ryan Kahan on the regulatory trends set to shape communications surveillance in 2025
32 mins; February 10, 2025
FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi on his to-do list for 2025, the regulator's future, and life at the helm of the City watchdog
50 mins; January 27, 2025
IA's Chris Cummings calls on lawmakers and regulators to agree a 'common vision' with the investment management sector and outlines the rules that must be cut in the drive to boost UK growth
42 mins; January 13, 2025
Behavioural risk experts Dr. Wieke Scholten and David Grosse outline where the banking sector and its regulators are going wrong in their approach to managing their cultural concerns
35 mins; December 09, 2024
UK Finance's David Postings on what should follow the government's drive to bolster the City's growth and competitiveness, and why it's time for Meta to step up its efforts to combat fraud
28 mins; November 25, 2024
Special episode: Smarsh's Shaun Hurst and Paul Taylor on the mistakes finance bosses are making in their efforts to better track non-financial misconduct within their workforce, and how to avoid them
24 mins; November 11, 2024
Natixis' Britt Johnston and portfolio NED Tina Mavraki on the common mistakes finance bosses make when addressing conduct failings, and how regulators can stop cultural 'window dressing'
35 mins; October 28, 2024
Former Standard Chartered global surveillance chief Emily Wright on banks' surveillance blind spots and how best to monitor them
34 mins; October 14, 2024
Special episode: Smarsh's Brandon Carl on the technology, regulatory challenges and industry trends shaping the future of communications surveillance
42 mins; September 30, 2024
Conor Sewell, former Treasury advisor now Forefront Advisers director, outlines what City bosses and their regulators should expect under Labour
37 mins; September 16, 2024
PRA CEO Sam Woods on life at the helm of the UK's top finance regulator and his regulatory priorities for 2024 and beyond
43 mins; September 02, 2024
Former FCA CRO Gavin Stewart on the compliance risks that City watchdogs may have missed, and how UK regulation and regulatory operations should be improved
37 mins; July 22, 2024
Special episode: Symphony's Ben Chrnelich maps out the future challenges and trends in communications surveillance
29 mins; July 15, 2024
Hanbury Strategy's Sander Schol on the likely future for the City and its regulators under a Labour government and how a new approach to UK-EU relations could benefit financial services
27 mins; July 01, 2024
Federated Hermes' Saker Nusseibeh on the need for less political ambivalence towards the City, and how fund managers and regulators could rethink their approach to ESG
37 mins; June 24, 2024
Former FCA chair Charles Randell, Latham & Watkins' Mark Austin, QCA's Linda Main and Baroness Bowles on what lawmakers, regulators and City execs need to do to help London's capital markets thrive
41 mins; June 10, 2024
Schroders' Jamie Ovenden, Julius Baer's Sarah Gadd, Slaughter and May's Jan Putnis and Turing fellow Professor Carsten Maple on how the City and its watchdogs can responsibly harness GenAI's potential
37 mins; May 27, 2024
FRC CEO Richard Moriarty on the highs and lows of his role and his plans to make the accounting watchdog "more strategic"
32 mins; May 06, 2024
LGIM's Sonja Laud on boosting London's IPO market, navigating Trump 2.0 and being 'the only woman in the room'
36 mins; April 29, 2024
Special episode: Global Relay's Alex Viall on the compliance tool helping finance bosses to better police their employees' use of unmonitored communications channels
37 mins; April 08, 2024
Government affairs guru Lisa Rabbe on what to expect from Trump 2.0, and how lawmakers and finance workers can best navigate 2024's mega election year and the AI technological revolution
42 mins; March 25, 2024
Special episode: Global Relay's Rob Mason outlines how finance bosses and their regulators are preparing for an expected clampdown on employees’ social media use
36 mins; March 04, 2024
Halsey Keetch's Alex Keetch outlines how finance bosses and those running their control functions can best navigate opportunities and challenges in today's job market
40 mins; February 26, 2024
Special episode: Global Relay's Jennie Clarke on the surveillance blind spots that could lead to compliance blow-ups at global finance firms
25 mins; February 12, 2024
Special episode: Smarsh’s Shaun Hurst on the compliance challenges ahead for those monitoring finance employees’ communications
28 mins; January 22, 2024
Tracey McDermott, former FCA boss and Standard Chartered's compliance chief, on UK regulators' diversity and inclusion push and how AI is changing the role of compliance
41 mins; January 15, 2024
Political lobbyist Jon McLeod on a Labour government’s regulatory priorities for financial services and the City reforms the current government should avoid.
35 mins; December 04, 2023
Citi UK CEO Tiina Lee, Nationwide CEO Debbie Crosbie and Howden CAP’s executive chair Mary O’Connor outline how finance companies can best set, monitor and promote their purpose as an organisation
33 mins; November 27, 2023
StepChange’s Peter Tutton on the changes that UK lawmakers, regulators and finance bosses should implement to help the country better navigate the cost-of-living crisis
35 mins; November 06, 2023
John Howells, CEO of LINK, outlines how lawmakers and regulators can best prepare the UK for a move to a digital economy
33 mins; October 23, 2023
Activist Mark Bishop outlines why a more consumer-led approach to UK regulation would benefit financial services workers
42 mins; October 02, 2023
Special episode: Smarsh’s Tom Padgett maps out how finance bosses, compliance professionals and regulators can best navigate the new world of AI
29 mins; September 25, 2023
Rachel Kent, government adviser and Hogan Lovells partner, calls on City executives to do more to help lawmakers in their efforts to future-proof UK finance
35 mins; September 18, 2023
Investment banking veteran Craig Coben on the issues City regulators should prioritise to strengthen London as a financial centre
36 mins; August 07, 2023
Matthew Nunan, former FCA head of enforcement now Gibson Dunn partner, calls on the regulator and the SFO to start working better together
39 mins; July 24, 2023
Former FCA chair Charles Randell on the highs and lows of running the regulator and why he’s focusing now on calling for a government-led strategy to tackle financial exclusion
39 mins; July 10, 2023
UK Finance Academy’s Roger Miles and Slaughter and May’s Jan Putnis on navigating regulators’ myriad expectations on culture and the questions lawmakers need to answer on the City’s future
38 mins; March 13, 2023
Revealed: FCA bosses were the subject of 30 internal reports of bullying, harassment, racism and discrimination between 2020 and 2022. What’s next?
37 mins; March 06, 2023
Geopolitics guru Tina Fordham on the changes to come in global market dynamics and how finance execs should respond
36 mins; February 27, 2023
Galaxy Digital’s Alex Royle and Goodwin Procter’s Andrew Henderson on the opportunities lawmakers and regulators are missing in the crypto-asset sector
34 mins; February 20, 2023
Culture and ethics adviser Roger Steare on the anthropological tools that City bosses should use to spot bad behaviour amongst their workers
31 mins; February 13, 2023
Special episode: Clausematch’s Evgeny Likoded and LawtechUK’s Aleksandra Wawrzyszczuk discuss a new tool that could fundamentally reshape the way regulators and companies navigate changes to rules
27 mins; February 06, 2023
Financial Conduct Authority’s COO Emily Shepperd on preparing the regulator for its expanding remit, and the need for a “bit more understanding” about the FCA’s limits
33 mins; January 30, 2023
Special episode: Smarsh’s Goutam Nadella maps out how finance firms can best modernise their approach to tracking staff communications during a tough economy and beyond
34 mins; January 23, 2023
Convicted Libor rigger Tom Hayes on his plans for the future and what the City should learn from his case
37 mins; January 16, 2023
Rutherford’s Jonathan Skerrett on where finance’s compliance talent should look for new jobs and pay rises in 2023, and the mistakes bosses make when hiring in a tough job market
43 mins; January 09, 2023
Latham & Watkins’ Nicola Higgs and Credit Suisse’s Simon Welch outline how finance firms can best respond to fast-changing ESG rules and what bosses should do now to prep for greenwashing allegations
38 mins; December 12, 2022
Coinbase’s Tom Duff Gordon on responding to the collapse of FTX exchange, how the UK can best build a competitive crypto hub and the regulatory questions arising from a move to decentralised finance
35 mins; December 05, 2022
Financial Reporting Council’s Kate O’Neill on the case for speeding up the creation of the FRC’s replacement, and how to avoid over-complicating ESG requirements
32 mins; November 28, 2022
OBIE’s Charlotte Crosswell on moving the UK’s open banking initiative forward and her priorities as the first chair of the UK’s new Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology
25 mins; November 21, 2022
Fund industry veteran Philip Warland on the network of City spies that UK regulators must turn to now and why it’s ”constitutionally wrong” for watchdogs to oppose government call-in powers
35 mins; November 14, 2022
Xavier Rolet, the former London Stock Exchange Group CEO, on how the UK can save its global clearing hub
34 mins; November 07, 2022
Former regulator and criminal prosecutor Sasi-Kanth Mallela on the growing need for increasing the SFO’s budget and simplifying the FCA
29 mins; October 31, 2022
Lord Holmes, vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fintech, on how the next government should future-proof the City
27 mins; October 24, 2022
Compliance veteran Antony Whitehouse on the rising risk of a major financial scandal hitting the City and how to avoid it
33 mins; October 17, 2022
Howden CAP’s Mary O’Connor on improving regulation in UK finance and how City bosses should change their approach to gender diversity
32 mins; October 10, 2022
PwC’s Michael Huertas on the tools EU watchdogs are missing and how Europe’s national regulators are filling in the gaps
33 mins; October 03, 2022
Former City minister John Glen on the regulatory changes the UK really needs now and how he’d like to see his proposed Brexit reforms put to use
42 mins; September 26, 2022
Global Counsel’s Becca Park on why the Financial Conduct Authority needs to take a regulatory pause and rethink its industry levy
42 mins; September 19, 2022
Sidley Austin’s Leonard Ng on the regulatory change UK asset managers urgently need and the reforms set to keep hedge fund managers up at night
30 mins; September 12, 2022
Special episode: ComplyAdvantage’s Charlie Delingpole on the regulatory changes needed to stop the UK’s alienation of fintech execs
28 mins; September 05, 2022
Former regulator and compliance chief Peter Haines on fixing the FCA and managing political interference in UK regulation
28 mins; August 29, 2022
Roger Miles, UK Finance Academy’s culture and conduct guru, on what regulators and finance firms are getting wrong in their efforts to police bad behaviour
36 mins; July 25, 2022
JP Morgan’s Richard Kaye on the skills and relationships you need to guide a banking giant through political and regulatory change
35 mins; July 19, 2022
Revealed: The FCA received 746 notifications of non-financial misconduct amongst senior City staff in 2020 and 2021. What’s next?
38 mins; July 17, 2022
City veteran Martin Gilbert on how to prepare for your next compliance crisis, and what he really wants from rule-setters
32 mins; July 10, 2022
Ninety One’s Richard Brearley on compliance’s ’PR problem’, navigating ESG, and why most regtechs are doomed to fail
32 mins; July 04, 2022
Eversheds Sutherland’s Charlotte Walker-Osborn reveals finance firms are ill-prepared for vast new AI rules and why that could cost them
31 mins; June 27, 2022
Nick Miller, former FCA regulator and Moody’s MD, on the UK watchdog’s future and what not to do when interacting with your supervisor
34 mins; June 20, 2022
Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative MP and Chair of the APPG on fair business banking, calls on City bosses to help him fix London’s dirty money problem
32 mins; June 13, 2022
Special episode: Smarsh’s Blane Warrene and TeleMessage’s Guy Levit on finance’s WhatsApp addiction and how to tackle it
35 mins; June 06, 2022
Andreas Dombret, former member of the ECB’s supervisory board, on the new financial order set to follow the Ukraine war
34 mins; May 30, 2022
Special episode: Smarsh’s Brandon Carl and Shaun Hurst on finance firms’ race to monitor staff effectively and ethically
45 mins; May 23, 2022
AFME’s Louise Rodger on the compliance officer of the future
