Our recent article provided an overview of the FCA’s latest thinking around Pension Transfer advice as presented at a series of workshops being run around the country.
If you are involved in advising on pension transfers and have not attended one of the workshops, there is still time to do so. The remaining venues and dates are shown below.
19 March – Exeter
20 March – Telford
27 March – Doncaster
28 March – Newcastle
Further details can be found here.
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Firms involved in advising on pension transfers should attend one of the workshops if at all possible. The FCA does note who attends!
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The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) rules come into force exactly one year from today.
Those of you who attended the FSA Roadshows, or have read the articles on the FSA/FCA website, will be aware that the FCA are expecting all firms who advise on mortgages to be planning the implementation now. Indeed, they are tracking the progress of all mortgage regulated firms during Q2 2013 via an online survey (we do not believe the survey is open for completion yet).
The FSA requested in their email of 06th December 2012 that the professional standards data collection return for each firm had to be submitted by the 29th January and subsequently within 20 working days from the end of each quarter if there had been a change at the firm.
If there has been a change at your firm i.e. unqualified staff now qualified or a change in personnel then please ensure that the spreadsheet is completed and returned in time.
As you will be aware the FSA delayed their new capital resource requirements by a couple of years which means the changes come into effect this year.
The new requirements are being introduced over the next three years and are basically as follows. EBR is your ‘Expenditure Based Requirement’ i.e. the amount of fixed expenditure you need to hold as capital. The calculation is not straightforward; for further information, including additional requirements for subordinated loans please click here.
Identify, Assess & Manage
Steve Bailey Compliance FCA
Before you read on, what do you think the title refers to? The answer is Business Risks. The FCA has been highlighting this issue in workshops. They expect firms to ‘Identify, Assess & Manage’ risks and to be able to provide documentary proof that they are so doing. They expect firms to have at least […]