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When AI amplifies everything, how do we make sure our data management is purposefully designed to deliver real value? To unpack this important question, Rheta du Preez, Monocle’s Managing Partner: UK and Europe, will be hosting a round table at the Chief Data Officer Exchange on 10 November. The round table will provide an opportunity to exchange perspectives, challenge assumptions and explore how data management can move beyond a compliance exercise to drive meaningful business impact. We’re looking forward to insightful conversations with industry peers, navigating the opportunities and challenges that AI and data brings to financial services. Attending the event? Join Rheta at our round table and add your perspective to the discussion. #CDOBFSIExchange #DataManagement #FinancialServices #AI #DataLeadership

We’re excited to announce that Monocle is sponsoring the upcoming Chief Data Officer BFSI Exchange, taking place on 9-10 November in London. We look forward to connecting with leading data professionals from banks across the UK and Europe, sharing experiences and learning from one another about the challenges and opportunities shaping data in financial services. Our Managing Partner for the UK and EU, Rheta du Preez, will also be hosting a roundtable discussion at the event, creating space for an open exchange of ideas and practical insights with fellow data leaders. Attending the Exchange? We’d love to connect and continue the conversation. Chief Data Officer Exchange #CDOBFSI #DataLeadership #Banking #FinancialServices

Monocle’s accredited BCBS 239 Training Programme equips the management bodies of European banks to understand and respond to the expectations set out in the ECB’s Guide on Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting (RDARR). We recently had the privilege of delivering this training to Bank of Valletta and were pleased to receive positive feedback from their CEO, Kenneth Farrugia. Click here if your organisation is looking to strengthen your management body’s understanding of BCBS 239: https://bit.ly/47tXR8H

One of the main objectives of our BCBS 239 Management Body Training is to move the conversation beyond regulatory compliance and help Management Bodies build a practical, strategic understanding of effective risk data aggregation and reporting. We recently had the privilege of delivering this training to Bank of Valletta and were grateful to receive the following feedback: “The programme was delivered with a high level of professionalism and demonstrated Monocle's deep expertise in BCBS 239 and regulatory transformation. It added significant value to the Board's understanding of current supervisory expectations and industry best practice.” - Aug 2026 - Kenneth Farrugia - Chief Executive Officer, BOV. Our training is designed to translate regulatory expectations into clear management-level understanding – what bank leaders responsibilities are, the questions they should be asking, the evidence they should expect to see, and the role they play in embedding sustainable BCBS 239 compliance across the organisation. If your organisation is looking to strengthen Management Body understanding of BCBS 239 obligation, we would be happy to support, https://bit.ly/47tXR8H. #BCBS239 #ManagementBody #RiskData #DataGovernance #Banking

Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional human-centred approach to business requirements specification (BRS) writing. Along with technical design, development tasks, testing, and coding, approaches like specification-driven development place the BRS at the centre of every downstream task. Monocle's latest insights paper looks at the productivity gains AI-assisted coding and specification-driven development can deliver, drawing on our current project experience. It covers the benefits, along with the risks and limitations teams need to plan for. Click the link to read the full insights paper and learn more about Monocle's AI-accelerators, toolkits, and frameworks, which showcase key, viable AI use cases in financial services and provide a launching pad for rapid AI delivery and enterprise embedment. https://bit.ly/3SpG9P5

In early June 2026, we published analysis showing that banks were stepping back from the FRTB Internal Model Approach (IMA), with planned model coverage falling from an average of 85% of the trading book under the current framework to as little as 15-40% under Basel 3.1. On 19 June 2026, the PRA published CP9/26, the final piece of Basel 3.1’s UK implementation, proposing a package of targeted adjustments to the IMA. Crucially, the PRA acknowledged that a surprisingly small number of firms planned to adopt internal models and that aspects of the framework may be unduly burdensome, with potential implications for the competitiveness of UK firms. These findings reinforce the conclusions of our earlier analysis. The direction of travel is clear: the PRA is actively seeking to encourage greater adoption of the IMA while maintaining prudential standards. CP9/26 represents a meaningful shift in approach, addressing three of the four structural barriers we identified in our earlier analysis. #FRTB #InternalModels #MarketRisk #BankingRegulation #RiskManagement #RegulatoryChange #UKBanking #FinancialServices #PRA #MonocleInsights