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.



Ongoing client reviews – appropriate or not?
Alistair MacDougall Compliance FCA, Pension, PI, platform, Switch
FT Adviser published an article on 15 February under the headline “Advisers struggle to get savers to come for pension reviews”. We read this with interest and not a little concern. The article reported that one of the speakers at a recent conference stated that one of the greatest challenges faced by her advice […]