Finance Derivative: How financial institutions can embrace AI without losing sight of governance

Finance Derivative features Laura Wenzel, Global Marketing and Insights Director at iManage, on how financial services organisations can achieve AI adoption without compromising governance. Drawing on the iManage Knowledge Work Benchmark Report 2026, the piece reveals that one-third of knowledge work organisations globally have already experienced a policy-impacting incident from unregulated AI tools, and nearly 30 percent have delayed adoption due to security concerns. Wenzel argues that the fix starts with a single, centralised and governed repository — one that includes retention and disposition policies, a continuous AI output review workflow, and an enterprise-wide usage policy that makes safe behaviour the default. “Governance,” she concludes, “is the strategic enabler that makes innovative AI deployments possible.”

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