Regulatory Genome Project
The Regulatory Genome Project (RGP) supports the adoption of an open information structure, enabling organisation and analysis of financial regulations across jurisdictions.
Who we are
The Regulatory Genome Project (RGP) stands as a collaborative initiative firmly dedicated to refining and promoting an open information structure tailored to facilitate the systematic organisation and comparative analysis of global financial regulations. This pioneering effort presents an unparalleled opportunity to confront the prevalent challenges associated with the fragmented dissemination of regulatory obligations worldwide.
At its nucleus lies the ‘Cambridge Regulatory Genome,’ an innovative information architecture meticulously crafted to categorise financial regulations across jurisdictions effectively. The RGP represents an alliance of esteemed organizations recognising the paramount importance of not only creating but also advocating for the widespread adoption of this framework. Spearheaded by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Regulatory Genome Development Ltd (RegGenome), a venture originating from the University of Cambridge, this joint initiative aims to revolutionise the landscape of regulatory structure.
It is a great privilege, as Executive Director of the Regulatory Genome Project at the University of Cambridge to invite regulators and organisations from across the financial services industry to join us in the building of the Cambridge Regulatory Genome.
What is the Regulatory Genome Project?
The regulatory Genome Project is a transformative initiative offering an opportunity to organise how information about regulatory requirements is shared globally.
It aims to enhance the digital readiness of regulators by providing public tools that can level the playing field among regulators in both mature and emerging economies.
The Project is a collaboration between Cambridge Judge Business School and RegGenome Limited, a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge.
The project supports the adoption of the Cambridge Regulatory Genome an open information structure being developed by the Business School in collaboration with regulators.
Why is this project needed?
Because in our digital era the volume and complexity of financial regulation is exploding before our eyes. When adopted at scale, an open information structure, like the Cambridge Regulatory Genome, paves the way to reduce friction in how information about regulatory requirements can be shared.
The Cambridge Regulatory Genome is built as a comprehensive set of jurisdiction-agnostic taxonomies. It is based on the principles provided by international standards setting bodies but it is also designed for Machine Learning applications.
Unlocking knowledge with global practical and policy implications
Cambridge Judge Business School has long known the immense value of the knowledge of our faculty and research centres, and this project unlocks that knowledge with global implications for practice and policy.
We look forward to working with you in this important and exciting journey.
What is the Regulatory Genome Project?
Unlocking Global Regulations
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Financial regulation comes in all shapes and sizes. It keeps moving. And it’s really hard to keep track of. But with the amount and complexity of regulation increasing all the time, how do we stay up to date? What if there was an easier way to find, organise, and compare regulation across jurisdictions?
We could quickly map where we are in relation to international standards and easily benchmark different regulatory frameworks. This approach would inform regulatory convergence based on common international standards, reduce complexity, and support effective supervision. Improve compliance, reduce costs, and drive innovation.
Today, world class research at the University of Cambridge is developing an information structure to enable just this. A structure that is universal, interoperable, and open.
Luckily, Cambridge knows a thing or 2 about ordering information. From Charles Darwin’s tree of life that organised the natural world to the Human Genome Project, an incredible feat of international collaboration to map and sequence every single thing that makes us, us. Now, we’re calling for another moment of global cooperation and information sharing to build the Cambridge Regulatory Genome. The structure that sorts all financial regulation, allowing it to be organised and compared not just by humans, but also, by artificial intelligence.
The Cambridge Regulatory Genome, its regulation sorted.
Revolutionising Finance with CRG
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The way we publish financial regulation has evolved quite a bit over time. We’ve gone from hard copy to soft copy to content in XML to AI generated prompts that produce text that is kind of human but also kind of not.
Artificial intelligence can’t do our thinking for us, and we still have to tell it exactly what we mean every single time. And forget about it working out how things are related.
But what if we made a regulatory tree of life, Charles Darwin-style, machine-readable taxonomies that show us the whole picture, linking everything every time? This unified framework or tree of life for digital regulatory information would allow us to compare rules quickly and accurately with other jurisdictions around the world.
Publishing, classifying, and tagging things in our own rulebooks according to the organising categories of the CRG framework means stakeholders globally will be able to understand and find comparable information from every other collaborating jurisdiction. Because when the structure is sorted out, the juicy stuff is easy to find.
Organising information according to CRG categories allows you to share and sort regulatory data, avoiding machine biases whilst supercharging cross-border innovation. Oh, and it will save you a lot of money in compliance. Beautiful, right?
The Cambridge Regulatory Genome, it’s regulation sorted.
Empowering Regulators with CRG
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Agreeing rules and regulations is a joint effort. National policy is often consistent with internationally agreed standards. And keeping up with new regulation takes time.
The Cambridge Regulatory Genome Project is building an expanding set of taxonomies covering current and emerging financial regulation from all over the world. Regulation in financial services is located and organised in a high-level framework. This ensures future machine-generated content better represents the relationships within regulatory information. And means it can be compared across multiple jurisdictions.
Adopting the CRG will help you access the information you want in the way you want it.
Tools being built using the CRG framework will allow regulators to find and analyse everyone else’s rules and compare them to their own. National regulation can be checked and benchmarked against international standards.
Now, we’re asking you to spread the word because the more of us there are, the more information we have to expand and enhance the CRG. And this benefits policymakers and public alike.
Sign up to register your interest and discover how you can participate.
The Cambridge Regulatory Genome, it’s regulation sorted.
What we do
Cambridge Regulatory Genome
Learn more about this information structure for organising regulatory obligations.
RGP regulator engagement
Learn more about how regulators can engage with the RGP and register to apply.
RGP industry engagement
Learn more RGP sponsorship & joining the RGP Industry Community.
Internships and secondments
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News and insights from the Regulatory Genome Project
Read the latest news and features from the Regulatory Genome Project.
IOSCO and Cambridge Judge Business School collaborate on a machine-learning pilot to assist emerging-market regulators.
Research centre news
Regulatory Genome Project names Technology Group Chair
Sholthana Begum of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is appointed Chair of the Technology Group of the Regulatory Genome Project at Cambridge Judge Business School.
The Regulatory Genome Project (RGP) announces four new participants: the Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Invesco and Northern Trust.