28 May 2026
Aligning risk culture with strategy boardroom view
As regulatory expectations evolve and firms navigate increasing complexity, risk culture has become a central focus for boards.
How to assess the effectiveness of your Individual Accountability Framework (IAF)
Financial services firms now face a more challenging conduct landscape. The Central Bank’s Individual Accountability Framework Act brings in Conduct Standards, Fitness & Probity certification and the new Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR) for many. Compliance dates start on 1 July 2024 and run through 2025.
Ensure your firm is prepared for SEAR, Conduct Standards, and the new Fitness and Probity rules. Our step-by-step guide shows internal audit, risk and compliance teams how to test whether their IAF is truly effective before the regulator does.
What’s inside the guide
- A quick recap of the four IAF modules and key implementation dates.
- An audit planning checklist covering SEAR, Conduct Standards and Fitness & Probity registers is needed.
- Three-phase effectiveness review: in-scope requirements, design testing and operating testing.
- Common audit observations we’re already seeing in the market and how to fix them fast.
Who should read it?
- Heads of Internal Audit and Risk.
- Compliance Officers & PCF role-holders.
- Non-Executive Directors seeking assurance.
27 May 2026
Define your Europrivacy certification scope
One of the most important early decisions in a Europrivacy certification project is defining the Target of Evaluation, or TOE. This determines exactly what processing activity will be assessed, what evidence will be required, and what the certificate can credibly say.
27 May 2026
Europrivacy: top standard for GDPR compliance
Organisations have the opportunity to evidence GDPR compliance, not simply assert it.
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Kian Caulwell Partner, Head of Financial Services Consulting - Dublin
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