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An old proverb says that a bad workman blames his (or her, as the case may be) tools, but do firms really understand some of the tools they use? As usual, we’ve been doing some file reviews for firms, but one area where issues keep cropping up is attitude to risk. Virtually all of […]
This was the tagline written for the movie Jaws 2 and like the shark in the film, the FCA appears to be showing its teeth. Those who read the industry press will have seen numerous articles following issue of the FCA’s Dear CEO letter entitled FCA Requirements for Wealth Management and Stockbroking Firms, issued […]
You’d have thought that poor advice was becoming a rarity by now wouldn’t you? But no, it still seems to be alive and kicking judging by the number of individuals being cited as being ‘incompetent’ by the FCA. Just last week, the regulator published yet another final notice which made startling reading. This time 422 […]
We have completed the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 26th October 2023. This update comes at no additional cost and provides various template-related enhancements as well as new additions to our content integration and content management libraries. Full details of the enhancements can be found in the tables below, but some of the highlights […]
Questions, questions…
Paul Jay Compliance 2023, FCA, Periodic Review, PI, platform, training, vulnerable, Xplan
As a result of firms needing to implement Consumer Duty this year (and many still don’t appear to have their act together yet), there hasn’t been much output from the regulator in the latter half of 2023. That has changed. In recent weeks the FCA seems to have issued more paper than confetti at a […]