Dual regulated firms must have submitted their Directory Persons data on the FCA’s Connect system – by the deadline of 13 November 2020. The FCA will publish and maintain the data from 23 November 2020, as it is submitted. The data will be published on the Financial Services Register.
Solo-regulated firms must submit their Directory Persons data via Connect by the deadline of 31 March 2021 using the single entry submission form. Earlier dates apply if firms wish to use the multiple entry submission form and/or if they wish their data to appear from earlier dates starting in December.
The FCA will begin to incrementally display data from solo-regulated firms as it is submitted – the data will start to be published from 14 December 2020. The last date for single entry submissions to appear from the outset of this publication is 9 December 2020.
Pension Transfer charging
Alistair MacDougall Compliance abridged, FCA, P1, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
Policy Statement PS 20-06 stated that a firm providing pension transfer advice “… may also not charge less than it would charge for investment advice of the same value”. That seems clear enough, but the rule that gives effect to this statement is subtly different. COBS 19.1B.7 states: “A firm should not charge less […]