FCA suitability report good practice states that you should use “clear and plain language” and that “overly long reports may reduce a customer’s ability to consider the recommendations being made”.
A good report will cut to the chase and explain concisely the reasons for the recommendation (the reasons WHY) and should not replicate what is contained in other documents, only refer to them.
Supporting information (for example, Glossary of Terms, Attitude to Risk definitions, Fact Find snapshot) should wherever possible be contained in appendices so that the reasons why are not diluted.
Mortgage advice and selling standards (Policy Statement 20/1)
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2020, FCA, Mortgage, PI, Update
New rules around mortgage advice apply from 31 January 2020.