In readiness for the new rules relating to Defined Benefit Transfers (FCA Policy Statement PS20/06) applicable from 1st October 2020, ATEB Suitability intelligent report writing software has been upgraded.
This upgrade includes:
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One of the key benefits that our clients who use ATEB Suitability intelligent report writing software gain is that updates required by changes in regulation or tax legislation are taken care of by ATEB. Users simply need to create a report, safe in the knowledge that the output will be compliant and up to date.
So we are proud that, yet again, our software colleagues in ATEB IT have delivered a significant update bang on time.
As 2022 comes to an end, all our readers are probably thinking more about the imminent festivities and looking forward to a well earned break from what has undoubtedly been a difficult year in several obvious respects. We at ATEB are also looking forward to a few days off. However, without wishing to spoil […]
The FCA recently advised of incoming changes to how firms access FCA systems. In order to protect firms’ data, the FCA are to implement multi factor authentication (MFA). This will replace the current method used by firms to log into the FCA systems. Multi-factor authentication ensures only you access your accounts. Currently firms […]
As part of the Government’s reforms of previous EU legislation, next on the list is the proposal to scrap the 10% portfolio drop rule, which was introduced within MiFID II rules in January 2018. Under the legislation firms were required to notify clients where the overall value of their portfolio had fallen by 10% […]
We have received the following from the FCA. We want to draw attention to a new FCA publication; https://www.fca.org.uk/data/general-insurance-value-measures-jul-dec-2021 As you will be aware, in our General Insurance (GI) add-ons market study (MS14/1) we identified poor product value as an area of harm in general insurance. This has been caused by ineffective competition between providers […]
An ATEB reminder for all staff involved in insurance distribution activities
Michael Senior Compliance Conduct, FCA, P1, PI, Security
We thought it appropriate to issue a New Year reminder for firms that have staff … directly involved in the carrying on of the firm’s insurance distribution activities; or within the management structure responsible for the firm’s insurance distribution activities; or responsible for the supervision of a relevant employee acting in the capacity […]