The FCA has publishished a Consultation Paper regarding potential changes to its Handbook to accommodate Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), with a view to publishing a Policy Statement mid-2016.
MiFID II will affect firms to varying degrees depending on the service they provide.
If you have not already done so we recommend that senior management familiarise themselves with the ‘MiFID II – what is changing’ section of the FCA website that can be accessed here and the recent consulation paper here.



FCA Retirement Income Advice Survey – a threat or an opportunity?
Paul Jay Compliance 2015, EBI, FCA, Lifetime Mortgage, Mortgage, Pension, PI, platform, transfer
We drew attention to the FCA’s Retirement Income Advice Survey in our ‘What lies beneath?’ article last month and there has been plenty of commentary in the industry press about the survey since, most of it covering how generally intrusive and onerous completion is, but are there some benefits to be had here? It’s hard […]