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.



Questions, questions…
Paul Jay Compliance 2023, FCA, Periodic Review, PI, platform, training, vulnerable, Xplan
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 […]