Parker & Lawrence Release New Primary Research: Generative AI in Risk and Compliance 2025
- Nathan Parker
- Oct 22
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
New report helps leaders unlock AI value through smarter risk management
Parker & Lawrence is proud to announce the release of its latest primary research report: Generative AI in Risk and Compliance 2025. The report explores GenAI's dual role in risk and compliance, as both a tool and a threat, revealing how effective risk management has become the key to unlocking AI value.
Drawing on our most comprehensive research program to date, the study set out to answer three key questions:
What are the financial impacts of GenAI on risk and compliance?
Which GenAI features are enhancing or challenging risk and compliance workflows?
How can organisations overcome emerging threats and barriers to adoption?
But it also uncovered a fourth: Why are so many GenAI projects failing to deliver ROI?
The findings reveal an ROI paradox at the heart of AI adoption: automating low-value tasks with high-cost technology leaves little to no margin for returns. To achieve meaningful impact, firms must target higher-value, higher-complexity use cases, supported by elite risk management capabilities.
The report features:
620 evaluations of GenAI applications in risk and compliance workflows.
224 survey responses from senior risk and compliance professionals.
8 interviews with industry experts building, governing and advising on GenAI.
7 technology leaders were identified, invited to demo and reviewed.
3 taxonomies: GenAI capabilities, GenAI risks, and RegTech use cases.
This new primary research provides a roadmap for organisations seeking to align innovation with assurance, demonstrating that the path to ROI lies not in fewer safeguards, but in smarter, more efficient risk management.
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About Parker & Lawrence
Parker & Lawrence is a boutique market research firm specialising in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on financial services, risk, and compliance. They work with enterprises, investors, regulators, and technology providers to deliver high-impact, evidence-based insights that support the responsible adoption of frontier technologies.
