The FCA employs a principle based approach to regulation. Principle 7 states that “A firm must pay due regard to the information needs of its clients, and communicate information to them in a way which is clear, fair and not misleading.”
This is a fundamental cornerstone required of all client communication.
While some degree of technical information is inevitable, your suitability reports should nevertheless be easily understood. One effective way to test the clarity of your suitability reports is to ask a friend or family member, who has no financial services experience, and who is more likely to provide frank observations, to read and to provide critical feedback.
Template Enhancements + New Morningstar & Transact-BlackRock Content Integrations
Doug McFarlane Suitability 2023, CleverMPS, content management, EBI, EU, FCA, Morningstar, platform, Suitability Review, Switch, Transact-BlackRock, Update
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 […]