Another March reminder!
Solo-regulated firms must submit their Directory Persons data via Connect by 31 March 2021.
Submissions of 10 persons or more using the multiple upload functionality must be done between 11 January and 18 March to ensure submissions are processed ahead of the deadline.
A failure to submit required data in time would be a breach of regulatory reporting requirements and could lead to enforcement or supervisory action.
There is a £250 admin fee for late or incorrect submissions.
AR survey
Michael Senior Compliance 2021, complaints, Conduct, email, EU, FCA, scam, Xplan
The FCA is requesting completion of a survey from firms with Appointed Representatives (ARs). Where applicable, firms may already have received this. Given the risk of scams, the FCA now takes care to pre-warn firms that a communication is genuine. We have had confirmation that the following survey and email addresses used are legitimate. […]