The FCA has published an alert to all Principals, regardless of sector, who have one or more Appointed Representatives or Introducer Appointed Representatives (‘ARs’). Principals are responsible for the regulated activities of their ARs. The alert sets out the risks that the FCA expects firms to consider and act upon, where relevant.
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This is a follow up to previous alerts about the risks involved in dealing with Introcuders. All Principal and Appointed Representative firms should read it.
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In our previous article following the issuance of FCA’s Policy Statement PS22/11, we covered the Regulator’s rationale for changes to the Appointed Representative (AR) regime and the outcomes it is looking for. This article looks in more detail at the new rules and requirements and the wider impacts of the revised requirements.
FCA recently published Policy Statement (PS22/11) announcing some key changes to the Appointed Representatives (AR) regime, affecting both AR firms and their Principals.
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the FCA published information about the tranche of sanctions announced in relation to Russia and Belarus and the HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has been regularly updating its publications to provide new information as it becomes available. Financial sanctions – a firm’s obligations The FCA […]
The FCA conducted a multi-firm review to assess whether manufacturers of general insurance and pure protection products are undertaking the necessary work to comply with PROD 4 of the FCA Handbook. The FCA will email a letter to all firms with general insurance permissions, and those that manufacture or distribute pure protection products by […]
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