Chris Monks Head of Prudential Risk
Chris is a partner in the Forvis Mazars consulting team and leads the prudential risk regulatory practice. He has over 20 years’ experience in providing regulatory, risk management and compliance services to all regulated financial services entities. Chris has particular experience with regulatory change projects and large-scale regulatory remediations.
He prioritises building lasting, medium- to long-term relationships with clients. His approach involves working closely with clients to analyse and respond to regulatory, risk management, and compliance changes. Chris is known for providing expert, well-considered advice that guides clients through the complexities of their regulatory landscape.
Chris is an ACOI (Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland) and a QFA as well as a part-time regulatory lecturer.
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- Prudential risk and regulation
- Regulatory compliance
- Enterprise risk management
- Understanding Investment Firm classifications under the Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) Directive (IFD)
- Liquidity requirements for investment firms
- Outlining the Disclosure and Reporting Requirements for Investment Firms under IFR/IFD
- Class 2 investment firms: remuneration requirements
- EBA releases draft Regulatory Technical Standards on requirements for qualifying holdings in ART issuers
- Standardising the whitepaper approval process for Asset-Referenced Tokens issued by credit institutions
- Streamlining applications for Asset-Referenced Tokens offerings and trading listings.
- Investment Firms Regulation (IFR) and Directive (IFD): An Overview
- Prudential consolidation and derogations applicable to investment firms
- Consulting
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- Chris Monks, Consulting, Head of Prudential Risk
- MiCAR Series: Week 2 – CBI Guidance for VASPs Transitioning to CASPs
- MiCAR Series: Navigating the regulatory framework for Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs)
- The Central Bank of Ireland’s increased focus on payments and electronic money institutions.
- The European Securities and Markets Authority’s strategic priorities for 2024
- The European Central Bank’s strategic priorities 2024-2026
- The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s strategic priorities for 2024
- The European Banking Authority's strategic priorities for 2024
- CBI regulatory and supervisory outlook and supervisory priorities
- Simplified and standardised methodology for interest rates affecting EVE and NI
- Banking book IRRBB templates
- Projected implementation of the CRR III/CRD IV Banking Package
- MiCAR Series: Week 3 – Navigating the crypto asset white paper process
- MiCAR Series: Week 4 – Remuneration policy governance for Asset Referenced Tokens (ARTs)
- The Central Bank of Ireland’s focus on wind-down plans for payments and electronic money institutions.
- Preparing for Fitness and Probity interviews
- MiCAR Series – Week 5: Future proofing MiCAR
- EIOPA issues opinion on the supervision of Captive (Re)Insurance undertakings
- MiCAR Series: Week 6 – Complying with the EBA’s final governance guidelines for asset-referenced tokens
- Potential review of the investment firm prudential framework
- Updated guidance on (Re)Insurance authorisation applications
- CBI expectations guidelines for PIEMI authorisation and registration of Account Information Service Providers
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