MIFID II comes into force in January 2018. One requirement will be for advisers to record all conversations with clients.
The FCA has already ruled out requiring face to face conversations to be recorded but is still considering whether to make IFAs record telephone conversations and electronic communications with clients.
A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) commissioned survey has shown that only 10% of advisers currently record telephone conversations and electronic communications in line with the proposed EU rules.
Pension Transfers – considering a workplace pension
Alistair MacDougall Compliance Defined Benefit, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, Switch, transfer
We recently reviewed a pension transfer report where the client was recommended to transfer out of the defined benefit scheme into the client’s pre-existing SIPP. We considered that the recommendation to transfer appeared to be appropriate. However, the client had what the FCA calls an ‘available qualifying scheme’, more commonly referred to as a […]