Approving Financial Promotions
The FCA has issued a Dear CEO letter with further guidance regarding the approval of financial promotions.

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Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2019, FCA, TCF
The FCA has issued a Dear CEO letter with further guidance regarding the approval of financial promotions.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2016, 2020, FCA, MiFID
Do your research and due diligence processes stack up in the face of PROD?
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2019, FCA, SM&CR
Sole traders and Single Director firms might look similar but they are treated differently under SM&CR.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, Switch, Update
Our file reviewers share their compliance turkeys.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2020, FCA, Update
From January 2020, firms will be required to submit their mandatory annual update via Connect.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2020, FCA
A temporary restriction on the promotion of min-bonds is effective from January 2020, pending a wider consultation on permanent restrictions.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance Pension, PI
It’s the time of year for lists so we have listed our top 7 risk profiling issues.
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2018, FCA, PI
Firms need discretionary permissions to outsource to a Discretionary Investment Manager.
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.
What’s on the horizon for 2020?
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2019, 2020, FCA, MiFID, ML, PI, SM&CR
See what 2020 has in store.