Important Changes to Capital Adequacy – A Reminder for Smaller Firms

10 May 2017 Alistair MacDougallCompliance

Since we are coming to the end of the transition year following the change to capital adequacy requirements we thought it appropriate to remind firms that the final rule comes into effect on 30 June 2017.

See our previous news article here /news/capital-adequacy-requirements/ for confirmation of what it will mean for your firm.

Put briefly – if your annual income is less than £400,000 your prudential requirement will be a minimum of £20,000 from 30 June 2017.

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Our View

Firms need to have a clear understanding of what their new prudential requirements will be

Action Required By You

Ensure you meet, or have plans to meet the new requirements;
Remember, you must maintain sufficient resource at all times, so we recommend that you build in a contingency surplus;
If your base figure was £15,000 from 30 June 2016 it will be at least £20,000 from 30 June 2017;
Add any additional figures for PI exclusions and excesses to the output.

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