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.
Important Note: ATEB news is intended to provide general information ONLY. The content, including any views expressed or guidance provided, does not replace the need to comply fully with FCA Rules and Guidance. Unless you have discussed news article content with ATEB, and specifically how it relates to your circumstances, then ATEB disclaims all liability and responsibility and actions arising from any reliance placed upon it. For the avoidance of doubt therefore, any reliance you place on such information without our consultation is at your own risk.
ATEB Compliance offers compliance and regulatory advice.
ATEB Suitability provides report writing software for the financial services market.
An old proverb says that a bad workman blames his (or her, as the case may be) tools, but do firms really understand some of the tools they use? As usual, we’ve been doing some file reviews for firms, but one area where issues keep cropping up is attitude to risk. Virtually all of […]
This was the tagline written for the movie Jaws 2 and like the shark in the film, the FCA appears to be showing its teeth. Those who read the industry press will have seen numerous articles following issue of the FCA’s Dear CEO letter entitled FCA Requirements for Wealth Management and Stockbroking Firms, issued […]
You’d have thought that poor advice was becoming a rarity by now wouldn’t you? But no, it still seems to be alive and kicking judging by the number of individuals being cited as being ‘incompetent’ by the FCA. Just last week, the regulator published yet another final notice which made startling reading. This time 422 […]
We have completed the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 26th October 2023. This update comes at no additional cost and provides various template-related enhancements as well as new additions to our content integration and content management libraries. Full details of the enhancements can be found in the tables below, but some of the highlights […]
Questions, questions…
Paul Jay Compliance 2023, FCA, Periodic Review, PI, platform, training, vulnerable, Xplan
As a result of firms needing to implement Consumer Duty this year (and many still don’t appear to have their act together yet), there hasn’t been much output from the regulator in the latter half of 2023. That has changed. In recent weeks the FCA seems to have issued more paper than confetti at a […]