EY UK Regulatory Outlook Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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Brought to you by EY UK's Regulatory and Public Policy team, the Regulatory Outlook Podcast Series brings to life current and upcoming developments via interviews with experts from the across regulatory community.
Listen to EY’s Loree Gourley and the Financial Reporting Council’s David Styles and Claudia Chapman discuss the implementation of the revised 2020 UK Stewardship Code.
In the latest EY UK Regulatory and Public Policy podcast, James King and Peter Flynn discuss April’s edition of the Regulatory Radar: “scanning an uncertain horizon”. The Radar offers a cross-sectoral overview of regulatory developments in the “now” the “next” and the “beyond”.
Loree Gourley of the EY UK Regulatory and Public Policy team sits down with Paul Druckman to hear his thoughts on corporate reporting going into 2020.
Paul Druckman, Chair of the Corporate Reporting Council at the FRC, joins EY Director of Regulatory and Public Policy, Loree Gourley, to discuss the recent ‘Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing in the UK’ report, including how it fits into the bigger picture both in the UK and globally.
Dr Jane Berney, Business Law Manager and Regulatory Specialist at the ICAEW, shares her insights with EY’s Nina Emordi on the steps organisations should have taken leading up to the effective date of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and what they need to do differently in order to follow the spirit, as well as the letter, of the law.
Guy Jubb and Peter Montagnon join EY’s Loree Gourley to discuss the themes of two recent and very topical Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) reports they have authored on responsible financial reporting and cultural indicators.
Marian Williams, Director Audit, Audit and Actuarial Regulation at the FRC, joins EY Director of Regulatory and Public Policy, Loree Gourley, to provide an overview of the recent Audit and Assurance Lab Audit Committee Reporting report which shares the views of investors, audit committees and companies and highlights best practice. Phase 2, coming in 2018, will cover auditors’ reporting to audit committees.
John Jarrett, Director, EY Regulatory & Public Policy, and Mala Shah-Coulon, Associate Partner, EY Corporate Governance, reflect on proposed changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Dr Berkay Ozcan joins EY’s James King to discuss the root causes of workplace pay gaps and how employers can reduce them, plus gender pay gap reporting, which is now mandatory in the UK for employers with over 250 employees, and ethnicity pay gap reporting, which is not mandatory but voluntarily reported by some organisations.
Frank Haskew and David Stevens of the ICAEW sit down with EY’s David Parrish discuss the Criminal Finances Act 2017, and the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017, in terms of their implications for companies.
Liz Murrall of The Investment Association discusses with EY’s Jane Hayward Green investors’ views on Brexit, including the UK’s place as an international finance centre, its continued influence with key international bodies, equivalence and recognition of auditor qualifications, and endorsement of new accounting standards.
Mike McKeon of ICAS shares his views on supporting the continued health of the UK economy post-Brexit, what the UK can learn from Canada’s CETA trade deal with the EU, and the work of the Brexit Advisory Group.
Jen Sisson, investor liaison at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), speaks to EY Director of Regulatory and Public Policy, Loree Gourley, about the FRC’s investor engagement and what topics and themes to expect in 2018.
Phil Fitz-Gerald, Director of the Financial Reporting Lab at the Financial Reporting Council, sits down with EY’s James King to provide an overview of the Lab’s projects, past and present. There have been 15 to date, ranging from digital reporting and risk and viability reporting, to net debt reconciliations. The Lab provides practical solutions to help companies improve their reporting in all its various forms. To find out more, listen to this podcast.
James Barbour of ICAS joins EY’s James King to discuss the importance of business ethics, including the need for professional accountants to take responsibility for their actions and how ethical leadership promotes positive organisational culture.
Andrew Griffiths and Victoria Sant of the Investor Forum join EY’s David Parrish to provide insight on the important issue of modern slavery and why it matters to investors. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 represents a big step forward, but there is more to be done to stamp out labour exploitation and bad practice.
Debbie Crawshawe of the Financial Reporting Council, author of the Guidance on the Strategic Report, shares with EY Director of Regulatory and Public Policy, Loree Gourley, why the guidance is being updated, and what the changes will mean for businesses.
Anna Colban from the Corporate Governance and Reporting team at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), joins EY Director of Regulatory and Public Policy, Loree Gourley, and shares her insight into the FRC’s forthcoming UK Corporate Governance Code consultation, part of a wider corporate governance reform agenda.