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📊Model Governance

JPMorgan quietly rebuilt its model risk team. Others are following.

Three major banks overhauled their model risk frameworks last quarter, and the pattern is hard to ignore. Validation teams are getting smaller but broader in scope. What used to be a back-office compliance function now reports directly to the CRO. The shift reflects a growing recognition that model risk isn't a technical problem anymore. It's a strategic one. Banks that restructured early are already seeing faster approval cycles and fewer regulatory surprises.

The catalyst is straightforward: model inventories have doubled in 18 months, and half now run on third-party LLMs that traditional validation methods can't fully assess. Old frameworks assumed you could inspect every model's internals. That assumption is gone. The banks moving fastest are treating governance as a product with its own roadmap, not a checklist someone fills out after deployment. Expect the rest of the industry to follow by year-end.

The real risk isn't that models fail. It's that organizations can't tell when they do.

Source: OCC Supervisory Highlights, Q1 2026

Learn more: The OCC's updated model risk guidance drops next month with a new AI-specific annex that could reshape how banks validate large language models.

Today's News

1	Fed holds rates steady, signals patience into Q3 The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged for the fourth consecutive meeting, citing persistent services inflation. Chair Powell noted the committee would need several more months of data before considering cuts. Reuters

2	EU AI Act enforcement begins for high-risk systems The first compliance deadlines under the EU AI Act took effect, requiring providers of high-risk AI systems to register and submit documentation. Early reports suggest many firms are still scrambling to classify their systems. Financial Times

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