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 fifth time. In recognition of the holiday period in August we have decided to extend the survey completion date. Please see new dates below:
Batch 1: to be sent on 2 August 2021 – response due by 13 September 2021
Batch 2: to be sent on 3 August 2021 – response due by 14 September 2021
Batch 3: to be sent on 4 August 2021 – response due by 15 September 2021
Batch 4: to be sent on 6 August 2021 – response due by 17 September 2021
No other changes have been made; the survey questions and supporting material remain the same.”
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 […]