FCA business plan for 2023-24 5 April 2023 John BeggCompliance The FCA has advised as follows: Last year we launched a new three-year strategy to improve outcomes for […] Read More
Financial Resilience Survey 25 January 2023 John BeggCompliance The FCA have advised as follows: “We’re asking a number of firms to complete this survey to help […] Read More
Financial Resilience Survey 5 October 2022 John BeggCompliance The FCA has issued the following information. We have published a Consultation Paper with proposals to replace the […] Read More
New notification requirement – 25 June 2022 21 June 2022 John BeggCompliance A new notification rule takes effect from 25 June 2022. Read on for details. Firms will be aware […] Read More
TR22/1 – Thematic Review: Observations on wind-down planning 13 April 2022 John BeggCompliance The FCA has published a Thematic Review report which provides some observations around the quality of wind-down planning in firms. […] Read More
SM&CR regulatory references 28 January 2022 John BeggCompliance Regulatory references are central to the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR). They help firms make informed decisions about the […] Read More
Appointed Representatives – some SM&CR questions 2 November 2021 John BeggCompliance Occasionally, we come across firms that are ‘Principal Firms’ – i.e. the firm has Appointed Representatives (AR) but where one […] Read More
Trust Registration Service – update 14 September 2021 John BeggCompliance New rules, transposing the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into UK law took effect on 10 January 2020. One impact […] Read More
Qualification requirements for Pension Transfer Specialists 20 July 2021 John BeggCompliance PS18/20 introduced rules to raise qualification levels for pension transfer specialists (PTSs) to require them to obtain the same qualification […] Read More
Use it … or lose it 15 June 2021 John BeggCompliance In its June quarterly consultation paper, the FCA announced proposals to make amendments to the Handbook relating to its powers […] Read More