New FCA fee for Form A applications
We have been advised by the FCA as follows: “Following our recent revalorisation of the application fees earlier
2020
Pension Transfer – FCA Advice Checker
Back in June 2020, the FCA published an ‘advice checker’ to help consumers assess whether pension transfer advice they had
FOS Award limit increased
In March 2019 the FCA published PS19/8 to increase the ombudsman service’s award limit from £150,000 to £350,000 for complaints
Consumer Duty – impact on adviser charging
The FCA is devoting a great deal of weight to its upcoming Consumer Duty regulations. These will be finalised in
Ukraine – 10% drop reporting
The current hostilities in Ukraine have caused significant market drops and may continue to do so. Accordingly, a reminder about
Platform switching – is a suitability report required?
Platforms play a big part in the investment process of most UK firms. According to Defaqto, 94% of advisers place
FCA COVID survey – tranche 2 dates
We have received details of the latest COVID survey from the FCA. See below for Tranche 2 dates.
FCA fee changes
The FCA has advised upcoming changes to authorisation application fees as follows: “On 24 January we’ll be simplifying
FCA Covid-19 Impact Survey
We have received the information below from the FCA. “Many of you will be aware that we issued
FCA – short feedback survey
We have received the following from the FCA. “Many of you will be aware that we issued the