As indicated in last week’s Newsletter, we will be running a series of webinars, starting late October, that will provide detailed explanation of the new rules around Pension Transfer Advice and how firms can satisfy these.
There will be three webinars, each lasting around 20-30 minutes, as follows:
- Part one
Overview of the rule changes
Contingent charging ban - Part two
Filtering
Information / Education (‘Triage’)
Abridged Advice - Part three
Considering the Workplace Pension option
Other rule changes
FCS Transitional Arrangements
Steve Bailey Compliance Update
As you will be aware the Financial Services Authority ceased to be and the Financial Conduct Authority took over the regulation of financial advice firms on 01 April 2013.
The FSA issued PS13/05 last week which includes updated rules and transition arrangements. The policy statement itself is 88 pages but the ‘appendix (3)’ that accompanies it is a mere 1990 pages so you must excuse us for not as yet absorbing every word. The document can be seen here.