The latest round of FCA Business Risk Awareness Workshops (BRAW) have been announced for the North-East and North Yorkshire and will take place over coming weeks.
The relevant postcodes are DH, DL, HG, LS, NE, SR, TS, BD, BB, CA, LA.
You should have received an invitation if you are in one of these postcodes.
Important Note: ATEB news is intended to provide general information ONLY. The content, including any views expressed or guidance provided, does not replace the need to comply fully with FCA Rules and Guidance. Unless you have discussed news article content with ATEB, and specifically how it relates to your circumstances, then ATEB disclaims all liability and responsibility and actions arising from any reliance placed upon it. For the avoidance of doubt therefore, any reliance you place on such information without our consultation is at your own risk.
ATEB Compliance offers compliance and regulatory advice.
ATEB Suitability provides report writing software for the financial services market.
These are important events. They form part of the FCA’s approach to supervising smaller firms.
If you haven’t received an invitation, check SPAM etc, and if need be contact the FCA.
It is important that you make every effort to attend.
Re-familiarise yourselves with the Business Risk Awareness assessment process here of which these workshops are only the first part. They will be followed up by regulatory reviews and potentially further follow-up work.
If you need any support or preparation assistance, please contact us here.
A temporary solution if there are problems obtaining an LEI in time for any affected transactions from 3 January 2018.
There are some apparent anomalies in the rules. We have obtained ‘clarification’ from the FCA.
The FCA has clarified some aspects of how the recording rules will apply to firms that are not Article 3 Exempt.
How will changes to compliance governance affect your company?
MiFID II – Aggregated costs disclosure
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2017, 2018, 2019, MiFID, PI
This new requirement is posing some questions about how it can best be implemented. We think that firms should wait until the mechanisms in the market place are a little clearer.