The amount of compensation that the FSCS can award is complicated and varies depending on the product type.
As such, the links below are informative and provide for useful reference.
Guide to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Link to the FSCS Products website. Use the menu on the left hand side to navigate to detailed information about different product types.
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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 […]