DB Transfers – FCA data request
The FCA is issuing a further data request to firms in the DB transfer market.
2020
Adviser only platforms
Is it risky to recommend a client invests via an adviser only platform?
Policy Statement PS 20/06
This paper announced a number of significant changes to the rules around transfer advice.
FCA – Coronavirus Financial Resilience Survey
The FCA is writing to around 13,000 firms with a short survey.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) carry over
It may be possible to carry some CPD over from the current year.
Scam email
An email being received by firms, purporting to be from the FCA, is a scam.
Drawdown and the Second Lifetime Allowance Test
It is essential to consider LTA implications carefully when transferring from a pension arrangement with safeguarded benefits.
Advising non-UK resident clients
Can you? Should you?
FCA confirms measures to help insurance customers who may be suffering financial difficulties as a result of coronavirus
A series of temporary measures come into effect on Monday, 18 May 2020.
GDPR – two years on
The General Data Protection Regulation – or GDPR as it is more familiarly referred to, took effect in May 2018. […]