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.



Consumer Duty – FCA information and help
Shirley McKenzie Compliance FCA, PI, Update
The FCA has added to its published information relating to Consumer Duty to help firms with implementation. The most recent addition to the Consumer Duty webpages is an information for firms page to help firms implement the Duty. This explains more on the areas of the Duty that firms have been raising queries […]