Following consultation, the FCA published final guidance on vulnerable clients in February 2021 (FG21/1). We wrote about this topic and
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In recent months, firms have been asking us about the process for managing drawdown plans. What do the rules require?
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Based on data and live visits to firms during the period from April 2015 to rule changes in 2018 and
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It is likely that all our readers have heard of cryptocurrency, probably in the guise of Bitcoin. This cryptocurrency and
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It will be a surprise to few in our industry that those firms involved in defined benefit pension transfer business
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Everyone involved with defined benefit pension transfer advice should by now be very aware that contingent charging is banned for
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COBS 19.1.2 states … “To prepare an appropriate transfer analysis a firm must: (1) assess the benefits likely to
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Well, 21 March has come and gone and, while it is presumed that the EU’s new disclosure rules around sustainable
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Following on from our previous articles on FG21/3, we will look today at another of the interesting areas covered by
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In our recent article giving an overview of Finalised Guidance (FG 21/3), we indicated that we would pick out a
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