We don’t mean to sound condescending, but based on our experience after checking thousands of files, the most common suitability report errors are typing, spelling and grammatical.
The suitability report is a cornerstone of your advice process and promotes your brand and standards of professionalism. A suitability report that is poorly written, unchecked and not proof read is likely to include errors and hence does not promote your brand in a favourable light.
Using a tool like ATEB Suitability will eliminate to a greater degree such errors by storing standardised text centrally. You can also use a browser with a built in spell checker to check your spelling as you go.
Regulatory permission – use it or lose it
Michael Senior Compliance 2021, FCA, ML, protection, Register
The FCA has published draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that are no longer being used by financial services firms. Responses to the consultation (CP21/28) close on 29 October 2021. The driver behind the proposed power is the regulator’s belief that incorrect or outdated permissions […]