FCA website URL
Redirect links from fsa.gov.uk to fca.org.uk will stop working on 1 October 2021. After 8 years, the fsa.gov.uk […]
Compliance
Regulatory permission – use it or lose it
The FCA has published draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions […]
Update on SMR and CF (AR) applications
The FCA has published an update on the timescales and delays currently being experienced by firms that submit application for […]
Data protection – ICO mailing campaign
One of our clients recently asked this ‘easy’ question. “We are a limited company but the firm is […]
FCA Business Plan – 2021/22
Publication of the FCA’s Business Plan for 2021/22 was delayed from its usual spot in April, finally appearing at the […]
Trust Registration Service – update
New rules, transposing the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into UK law took effect on 10 January 2020. One impact […]
The Avacade saga – a summary
Most readers will be aware of the FCA’s successful legal action in what has been widely referred to as the […]
Urgent update: Covid-19 Impact Survey
We have received the following correspondence from the FCA: “On 12 August 2021, we sent the below e-mail* […]
CP21/25 – FCA consultation on new decision making powers
The FCA is consulting on moving some decision-making from its Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC) to its Authorisations, Supervision and Enforcement Divisions. This […]
Managing conflicts of interest
There is a longstanding regulatory principle (Principle 8) that a firm must manage conflicts of interest fairly, both between itself […]