As I am sure you will be aware the chancellor’s budget last week throws a few curve balls for the financial service industry to get to grips with. However, in true ATEB style we are getting ahead of the game and will be pushing out updates later this evening in readiness for some of the changes which start from 27th March 2014.
The updates we have made are tweaks to wordings within the Glossary of Terms and Reasons/Disadvantages of Product Recommendations. These changes focus on CGT limits, changes to drawdown rules and lifetime/ISA allowances.
We are also aware of other changes which will apply later this year and we will update accordingly.
If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us here.
Conduct Rules Breaches – follow up
Huw Reynolds Compliance Conduct, FCA, Pension, Senior Manager, Update
We wrote recently about the Conduct Rules and, in particular, breaches and notifications . See here. This article is intended to clarify some of the grey around COCON breaches. All of the following is taken from Policy Statement PS 18-14. When is disciplinary action required? When and how a firm decides to undertake disciplinary action […]