If Nvidia’s unprecedented growth is anything to go by, the future looks more than bright for AI. Heralded as the ‘most important stock’ on planet Earth by Goldman Sachs’ trading desk, the chipmaker last week revealed stunning financial results that exceeded even the most optimistic expectations.

Leading City compliance professionals have been bombarded with reasons to enhance their employee communications surveillance capabilities over recent months, with fresh headlines making the case on an almost daily basis.

We couldn’t even reach Shrove Tuesday this year before news of another significant round of messaging-related penalties hit the headlines. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) handed out $81m worth of penalties to 16 financial institutions.

Over the last few months, we have witnessed a flurry of insider trading allegations and convictions. One of the most recent came on January 11, when US attorneys announced the guilty pleas of former Goldman Sachs and Blackstone Group employee Anthony Viggiano, who admitted to tipping off close friends about a series of large deals, including a $2.2bn investment by the private-equity group into insurer AIG.