In response to the chancellor’s announcement earlier today we have updated our optional Glossary of Terms Appendix with immediate effect to include information on the revised Stamp Duty and Land Tax ‘holiday’
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It will be a surprise to few in our industry that those firms involved in defined benefit pension transfer business have been under increasingly intense scrutiny over the past 18-24 months. ATEB has been engaged by many of those firms to assist them in dealing with the Regulator’s requirements for information, sample file checking, full […]
Following a series of market studies and guidance papers, that can all be accessed here; the FCA issued a policy statement to implement rules to ensure consumers receive fair value in home and motor insurance markets. While we will have all seen the headline message that “renewing home and motor insurance consumers are quoted prices […]
Following consultation in CP20/23, which was published in December 2020, the FCA has made changes to the Handbook. The affected sections are: SYSC 25.4 FIT 1.3 SUP 10A.14, 10C.9, 10C.10, 10C.11, 10C.14, 10C Annex 2G and 10C Annex 6R Form D In summary, the changes to the Handbook are intended to reflect the FCA’s […]
Policy Statement PS21/4 summarises the FCA’s proposals to increase the number of firms (by circa 4500) who need to submit the annual financial crime report, which they refer to as ‘REP-CRIM’, based on its assessment and understanding of their business activities and potential money laundering risks. The REP-CRIM return provides the FCA with a range […]
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In its June quarterly consultation paper, the FCA announced proposals to make amendments to the Handbook relating to its powers to vary or cancel the permissions of firms authorised under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) to carry on FCA regulated activities. In the Financial Services Act 2021, which has […]