EXPERT DEVELOPMENT

Working groups in formation

Proposed expert-development structures for evidence terminology and methodology—not current statutory committees, programme status or membership benefits.

Every working group below is in formation. No chair, member, meeting or sponsor is implied.

A multidisciplinary team reviewing documents around a shared table
Working dialogue is bounded by purpose, confidentiality and competition safeguards.
“Methodology develops through disciplined challenge, not commercial coordination.”

COMPETITION AND CONFIDENTIALITY BOUNDARY

Discussion must serve methodology, not commercial coordination.

Participants must not exchange:

  • Current or future pricing
  • Confidential client lists
  • Risk appetite
  • Reserves
  • Competitively sensitive commercial strategy
01

Trading Market Conduct

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Develop evidence questions for entity perimeter, distribution, communications, transaction integrity and client outcomes.

Intended output

A proposed FDRC module note and public-source question set.

Prohibited discussion

Firm-specific commercial strategy, current spreads, pricing or client acquisition plans.

02

Payments Safeguarding

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Develop precise terminology for relevant funds, safeguarding methods, reconciliations and service-provider dependencies.

Intended output

A proposed PSCR safeguarding evidence field guide.

Prohibited discussion

Bank-account details, confidential reserve positions or non-public control weaknesses.

03

Complaints & Redress

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Map complaint ownership, escalation, external routes, cooperation and outcome evidence without prejudging cases.

Intended output

A proposed complaint and redress route taxonomy.

Prohibited discussion

Live cases, privileged advice, personal data or attempts to coordinate outcomes.

04

Entity Identity

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Improve how brands, legal entities, permissions, services, jurisdictions and group relationships are recorded.

Intended output

A proposed exact-identity and relationship schema.

Prohibited discussion

Unverified allegations, confidential ownership arrangements or coordinated market positioning.

05

Financial Crime

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Define evidence boundaries for AML/CFT, sanctions, KYB and governance while protecting sensitive controls.

Intended output

A proposed public/confidential evidence boundary note.

Prohibited discussion

Customer names, detection thresholds, active investigations or control-evasion details.

06

Data & Cyber

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Develop publication, access, security, resilience and correction controls for institutional evidence infrastructure.

Intended output

A proposed data-governance and resilience control map.

Prohibited discussion

Credentials, exploitable vulnerabilities, confidential architecture or incident coordination outside lawful channels.

07

Sustainability

IN FORMATION

Purpose

Test how responsible-market evidence can describe environmental or social claims with exact scope and source discipline.

Intended output

A proposed claims-evidence and limitation note.

Prohibited discussion

Coordinated market commitments, competitively sensitive strategy or unsupported collective claims.