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 a Business Risk Management plan and ideally a Risk Register where known risks are recorded, along with proof that senior management have assessed the risks and planned mitigation strategies.
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If you don’t do the above, then you are, funnily enough, at risk !!!
Note these comments and act accordingly. All ATEB clients will have risk management plans and strategies in place which should be discussed with your consultant.
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We have received the following from the FCA. “Many of you will be aware that we issued the first phase of the Covid-19 Impact Survey in June 2020, covering around 13,000 firms across 15 Supervision portfolios (Tranche 1), and then rolled this out to a further 9,500 firms in 21 portfolios (Tranche 2) […]
The FCA set out in its Business Plan 21/22 how it is changing to improve performance and meet future challenges, including plans to make changes to be faster, more targeted and more efficient. A few of the key areas of focus are summarised below, including specific information about a new process that the FCA intends […]
FCA Policy Statement PS18/20 introduced a new requirement that all Pension Transfer Specialists (PTS) must hold the Level 4 qualification for providing advice on investments as defined in the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), before they can advise on or check pension transfer advice. The rationale behind this was that, while a PTS may not always […]
AR survey
Michael Senior Compliance 2021, complaints, Conduct, email, EU, FCA, scam, Xplan
The FCA is requesting completion of a survey from firms with Appointed Representatives (ARs). Where applicable, firms may already have received this. Given the risk of scams, the FCA now takes care to pre-warn firms that a communication is genuine. We have had confirmation that the following survey and email addresses used are legitimate. […]