Back to basics
It will be a surprise to few in our industry that those firms involved in defined benefit pension transfer business […]
FCA
PS21_5 General Insurance Pricing Practices Market Study
Following a series of market studies and guidance papers, that can all be accessed here; the FCA issued a policy […]
FCA expectations – temporary long term absence
Following consultation in CP20/23, which was published in December 2020, the FCA has made changes to the Handbook. […]
Extension of Annual Financial Crime Reporting Obligations
Policy Statement PS21/4 summarises the FCA’s proposals to increase the number of firms (by circa 4500) who need to submit […]
FG 21/3 – charging for DB transfer advice
Everyone involved with defined benefit pension transfer advice should by now be very aware that contingent charging is banned for […]
Change of legal status
From 1 June 2021, the FCA will no longer be accepting Change of Legal Status applications. Instead, if you are […]
Papers galore!
It has been a busy month for papers and publications at the FCA. These include: New […]
FG21/4: Guidance for insolvency practitioners on how to approach regulated firms
Following consultation in GC 20/05, the FCA has published finalised non-handbook guidance for insolvency practitioners (IPs) on how to approach […]
FG21/3 – Appropriate Pension Transfer Analysis (APTA)
COBS 19.1.2 states … “To prepare an appropriate transfer analysis a firm must: (1) assess the benefits likely to […]
FCA survey – Credit broking
The FCA continues to keep busy with yet another survey being announced. We have received the following notification from the […]