PS21_5 General Insurance Pricing Practices Market Study – implementation timing update
The FCA has issued an addendum that delays the implementation of the rules relating to premium finance disclosure from 01 […]
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Fund managers falling short on assessing the value of their funds
One of the issues identified in the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study was a lack of competition among fund providers […]
Implementation of Investment Firms Prudential Regime
The FCA has published policy statement PS21/6 – Implementation of Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPRU). The policy statement […]
What can you really do to support vulnerable clients?
Following consultation, the FCA published final guidance on vulnerable clients in February 2021 (FG21/1). We wrote about this topic and […]
Dear CEO General Insurance Intermediaries Client Money Arrangements
Following a series of financial resilience surveys and a letter issued in September last year the FCA has issued a […]
Regulation of pre-paid funeral plans
We have received the following from the FCA: “The FCA will regulate the sale and administration of pre-paid […]
Credit Broking Survey
The FCA has announced details of the forthcoming credit broking survey. The text of the announcement is shown below. […]
Abridged advice – how is it going so far?
Based on data and live visits to firms during the period from April 2015 to rule changes in 2018 and […]
Cryptocurrency prohibition
It is likely that all our readers have heard of cryptocurrency, probably in the guise of Bitcoin. This cryptocurrency and […]
Use it … or lose it
In its June quarterly consultation paper, the FCA announced proposals to make amendments to the Handbook relating to its powers […]