As we reach the nether regions of the alphabet, the letters get correspondingly trickier. We have therefore called on the finest literary brains in the country (or at least the north-east) to provide you with some quick-fire V – Z’s.
V is for Verbatim, which comes from the Latin ‘verbum’ (word) and meaning “in exactly the same words as were used originally”.
To bring this into context, think ‘copy and paste’, a sure fire way of referring to Jane as Bill, and him as her. Copying and pasting previous reports as the basis for a new one, is asking for trouble.
Instead, why not use the ATEB Suitability ‘Favourites’ option which allows you to store repeatedly used reports (e.g. ISA) with all the core, standard text (your firm, your adviser, etc) and simply use the report wizard to enter the client specific details.
For more information, please visit the ATEB suitability help videos.



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 […]