Its pretty obvious really, but the requirement to demonstrate that you know your customer is a fundamental rule requirement. You may not be surprised to know that FCA thematic reviews continue to find that standards in this respect are not what they should be.
While this information should be gathered at the fact finding stage of the sales process, ATEB suitability provides the facility to summarise the KYC information and to integrate with back office systems so that the data can be pulled through automatically.
New pension nudge rules
Michael Senior Compliance 2018, 2022, FCA, Pension, Switch, transfer
One of our clients recently received this note from a SIPP provider. “You may already be aware that 1st June 2022 saw new FCA rules (Policy Statement PS21/21) come into force which require all pension providers to give clients a stronger ‘nudge’, in certain circumstances, towards guidance from the government’s Pension Wise service […]