AI to Support Regulatory Compliance - Davies

Sionic has become Davies Learn More

AI to Support Regulatory Compliance

Partner with Davies and Embrace The Future of Compliance

Financial institutions and other regulated entities face an ever-increasing volume of new and changing regulatory requirements, increasing the cost to maintain regulatory compliance.

Generative AI models can assist firms across multiple dimensions, including expediting analysis to understand the impact of a new or changed regulation on its business.

DORA – Large, Complex, and Imminent

DORA is just one of many regulatory changes to contend with. Introduced in response to the rapid digitisation of the financial sector and with an implementation deadline of 17 January 2025, DORA focuses on strengthening the operational resilience of Financial Institutions as the EU aims to ensure the financial sector is able to manage ICT risks and respond effectively to cyber threats.

As noted in previous blog posts, DORA is not your average lunch time read: it consists of both Primary and Secondary Legislation. The Primary Legislation contains 64 Articles, each comprising sub-paragraphs, many of which interface with Secondary Legislation. The Secondary Legislation also consists of a range of RTS, ITS, Common guidelines and Feasibility reports. Many of the RTS are, in and of themselves, lengthy. Take as an example, the RTS to further harmonise ICT risk management tools, methods, processes and policies – this totals 182 pages.

How does a firm ensure it has digested and accurately interpreted such a large volume of information and requirements?

Modern Tooling for An Age-Old Problem

Firms from all industries, are constantly looking for ways to make better use of their resources to boost productivity, manage costs, reduce risks, and achieve competitive advantage. Developments with Generative AI models cannot be ignored, particularly compliance models in need of a refresh:

Compliance model diagram

*Davies has developed Reginald as its Generative AI tool, ready for use

Implementing Generative AI in any environment has its challenges. Among them, a firm needs the resources and expertise to develop and train a model for meaningful results, addressing bias and fairness concerns. Models need to be developed with an awareness of requirements related, and cognisant that a solid data foundation is fundamental to achieve meaningful outputs. The use of Generative AI in tandem with human oversight is the natural evolution in response to the increasing difficulties and associated costs of compliance.

Partnering With Davies to Embrace The Future of Compliance

Davies has a successful track record, deploying multi-disciplinary teams who bring deep industry experience, to support clients in establishing the required foundational elements to support a compliance model.

Davies is offering clients the support and tooling required to take advantage of technology developments and to deploy Generative AI as part of an upscaled compliance model. Reginald, Davies’ AI tool, when integrated into a firm’s existing infrastructure, is available to support DDAI (Demand Driven AI). Whether looking to understand the requirements of new and changing regulations, and how the impact of these requirements based on current processes and controls in place, or to identify operational efficiencies, Reginald is ready.

If you provide your contact details, we will follow up to discuss your needs in further detail and how Davies can support your journey to an upscaled modern compliance model.

Meet the expert

Corinna Yim

Principal Consultant

Banking & Markets

I'm an experienced business analyst and have worked on a large number of regulatory and clearing initiatives at global investment banks and exchanges.

Explore more blogs

Financial Crime & Regulatory Compliance
London building with graphic, depicting market abuse and conduct risk

Conduct Risk and Market Abuse: A Comprehensive Overview

Compliance officers and financial institutions must remain vigilant to prevent market abuse and manage conduct risk effectively.

Financial Crime & Regulatory Compliance
Boardroom meeting

Digital Identity – Future of Trust & Security in Finance

Paving the path to a secure future, we're redefining how digital identity is managed through groundbreaking innovation and strategic collaboration.

Banking & Markets
Device with padlock on screen

DORA: Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) Updates 

If your firm has not yet impact-assessed the secondary legislation (published in July ’24), we would be delighted to talk you through our detailed thinking around the Secondary Legislation.