Review. It’s a simple word, but depending upon who you speak to, it can have several meanings. There are several definitions of the word ‘review’. In verb form, the Cambridge Dictionary cites review as: to think or talk about something again, in order to make changes to it or to make a decision about […]
And trending previously too! During the past year or so, and in tandem with ATEB becoming part of Thistle Initiatives, we’ve become increasingly involved in due diligence work, mainly working on behalf of firms planning to acquire others and getting under the bonnet of the firms they propose to buy. M&A activity seems […]
The advent of Consumer Duty has catalysed a lot of focus on fair value, or at least a lot of chat. Anecdotal evidence would appear to suggest that many firms may not have made any material changes to their charging structures. However, a recent survey by Schroders gave rise to a headline in the financial […]
Well that’s 2023 just about done. Out with the old and in with new as they say, but what’s gone and what can we look forward to? For all sorts of reasons, 2023 has been another year where a lot has occurred in 365 days. So what did happen? Lots of things, like… In […]
We have completed the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 19th December 2023. This update comes at no additional cost and provides various template related enhancements as well as new additions to our content management libraries. Full details of the enhancements can be found in the tables below, but some of the highlights are: ‘Onshore […]
A lot of our recent articles have provided our views on what we see as a significant shift in the FCA’s stance and the tone of their language. Not because we do so for the fun of it, but because there has been a tangible shift. As yet, the anticipated findings from the thematic review […]
Has Christmas has landed early for those nice people at the FCA? They’ve started issuing invitations! These invitations aren’t for drinks and canapes at 12 Endeavour Square of course, they’re requests for firms to complete surveys. And they are being issued under Section 165 of FSMA. For those who aren’t aware what S165 requests […]
As a result of firms needing to implement Consumer Duty this year (and many still don’t appear to have their act together yet), there hasn’t been much output from the regulator in the latter half of 2023. That has changed. In recent weeks the FCA seems to have issued more paper than confetti at a […]
An old proverb says that a bad workman blames his (or her, as the case may be) tools, but do firms really understand some of the tools they use? As usual, we’ve been doing some file reviews for firms, but one area where issues keep cropping up is attitude to risk. Virtually all of […]
Our new website is www.thistleinitiatives.co.uk. There will be no further posts here from ATEB Compliance. You can keep up to date with all of our usual regulatory and company updates here going forward.
New Content Integration with Evelyn Partners
Doug McFarlane Suitability 2020, 2024, content management, PI, platform, Update
We have some exciting news on the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 19th January 2024. This update comes at no additional cost and provides a new addition to our content integration library. We have partnered with Evelyn Partners to provide our customer firms with access to the following: A description of their service A description for […]