There is a specific rule requirement to disclose any possible disadvantages in the suitability report. The rule (COBS 9.4.7) can be seen here: http://fshandbook.info/FS/html/FCA/COBS/9/4.
Remember that a disadvantage is different to a risk. For example, there is a risk that investments can fall in value, whereas a disadvantage would be that the recommended product has higher charges than the product being replaced.
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Since MiFIDII came into effect in 2018, it has been a requirement on firms to take reasonable steps to record all telephone calls, and keep a copy of electronic communications, that relate to the activities in financial instruments referred to in SYSC 10A.1.1R(2) (and that are not excluded by SYSC 10A.1.4R), and that are made […]
We wrote with details of the latest FCA survey. You can read those details here. The FCA has now extended the response dates as indicated below. “On 19 July 2021, we sent the below e-mail informing you of our plans to issue a Covid-19 Impact Survey to firms in Tranche 1 for a […]
We have written before about ‘ethical’ or ‘sustainable’ investing, most recently here, in recognition of the increasing presence of and interest in ESG funds. The rules that were to have been implemented this year, requiring advisers to consider clients’ sustainable investment preferences, did not materialise as a result of the UK withdrawal from the EU. […]
“I’ve started so I’ll finish …”. A well known catchphrase first coined by Magnus Magnusson, the original presenter of the BBC’s long running Mastermind show and continued by his successor, John Humphreys. The FCA seemed to pick up on the concept in the pension transfer rules that came into force in April 2018. If the […]
Regulatory Change – Proposed Changes to the Normal Minimum Pension Age
David Anderson Suitability 2021, Conduct, NMPA, normal minimum pension age, Pension, protected, protection, transfer, Update
We have made a change to ATEB Suitability following a recent regulatory development. What does this mean for me? Following the Draft Finance Bill published on 20 July 2021, we have updated the wording of our ‘Proposed changes to Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA)’ section within the ‘Retirement Advice’ page of the main […]