Financial Services Authority to Financial Conduct Authority: the Final Transition
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) outlined in its Policy Statement PS13_5 (the new FCA Handbook) timescales for regulated firms to fully comply with the disclosure rules detailed in handbook GEN 4 & 5.
Firms had 12 months from the inception of the new Regulator on 01 April 2013 to fully comply with the disclosure rules and ensure that stationery and disclosure documents include ‘Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority’.
Note that the disclosure should be written in long hand rather than abbreviated to ‘FCA’.
Minimum Pension Age Regulatory Change in ATEB Suitability
Doug McFarlane Suitability 2021, Evalue, NMPA, normal minimum pension age, Pension, platform, transfer, Update
Following the release of a consultation paper on 10th February 2021 by HM Treasury, we have now added a ‘Proposed changes to Normal Minimum Pension Age (NMPA)’ section within the ‘Retirement Advice’ page of the main Suitability Report template. This includes a standard text option, pre-ticked for inclusion in all retirement advice reports, informing clients […]