What is the difference between advice, information only and a personal recommendation?
Amongst other things the Finalised Guidance document FG15_1 ‘Retail investment advice: Clarifying the boundaries and exploring the barriers to market development’ looked to explain the differences.
Steve Bailey (ATEB director) recently undertook a critical and detailed examination of the paper for an article compiled for Adviser Business Review.
The article can be accessed here.
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It’s an important read. Firms looking at developing other distribution channels will need to be very careful in their approach. Innovation can create some excellent customer outcomes with the right level of investment and expertise, but beware, because there are some banana skins.
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We wrote about the background to updated redress guidance following the Chancellor’s announcement of changes to the way that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure is calculated from 2030. You can read that article here. The FCA’s transfer redress guidance has now been duly updated and can be accessed here. The changes affect all […]
Here is a question. If a client is being recommended NOT to transfer, do you still need to identify a destination arrangement for transferred funds? This question has been raised recently as we have seen an increase in the number of cases where the recommendation is ‘do not transfer’ and, at first sight it seems […]
The FCA has launched a whistleblowing campaign ‘in confidence, with confidence’ to encourage individuals working in financial services firms to report potential wrongdoing. Whistleblowing is considered vital to expose poor practice and prevent wrongdoing in activities regulated by the FCA. Firms’ senior management are expected to have effective whistleblowing arrangements in place to enable employees to raise […]
FG 21/3 – client objectives
Alistair MacDougall Compliance Drawdown, FCA, ML, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
Following on from our previous articles on FG21/3, we will look today at another of the interesting areas covered by the guidance. It goes without saying that the guidance itself is helpful, reiterating and emphasising previous rules and guidance and clarifying some areas that were arguably fuzzy before. However, as well as the actual content, […]