Consumer Duty – Identifying Foreseeable Harm 17 May 2023 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Niels Bohr, the Nobel laureate in Physics and father of the atomic model, is quoted as saying, “Prediction is very […] Read More
Consumer Duty isn’t the only thing that’s new on 31 July 5 April 2023 Paul JayCompliance Most of the talk in the financial services industry relating to 31/7/23 focuses on Consumer Duty and for good reason, […] Read More
Regulatory priorities for 2023 20 December 2022 Lisa CrossCompliance As 2022 comes to an end, all our readers are probably thinking more about the imminent festivities and looking forward […] Read More
Consumer Duty is Dead, long live Consumer Duty 26 October 2022 Huw ReynoldsCompliance Déjà vu? Did you watch the FCA Consumer Duty (CD) webinars? Somewhat belated perhaps and certainly no Oscar nominations arising, […] Read More
Consumer Duty – fair value and adviser charges 5 April 2022 Alistair MacDougallCompliance The FCA’s proposed Consumer Duty is getting a lot of airplay in the trade media. First mooted in the FCA’s […] Read More
Consumer Duty – impact on adviser charging 15 March 2022 Paul CaineCompliance The FCA is devoting a great deal of weight to its upcoming Consumer Duty regulations. These will be finalised in […] Read More
New financial sanctions measures in relation to Russia 15 March 2022 Michael SeniorCompliance Readers will be aware that, following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the UK Government, together with other countries, has […] Read More
Advising non-UK clients 15 December 2021 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Despite the fact that the UK ceased to be a member of the EU/EEA almost a year ago, we are […] Read More
FCA Business Plan – 2021/22 14 September 2021 Alistair MacDougallCompliance Publication of the FCA’s Business Plan for 2021/22 was delayed from its usual spot in April, finally appearing at the […] Read More
Data Protection – post BREXIT update 23 March 2021 Alistair MacDougallCompliance On 25 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018 came into force and represented the UK’s adoption of the EU’s […] Read More