Regulatory Updates

FCA outlines next steps in its Consumer Duty rule review

26 Mar 2025 - Regulatory Updates

As part of ‘reducing the regulatory burden’, and as outlined in its letter to the Prime Minister on 16th January this year, the FCA has outlined the first steps in its plans to review Handbook provisions. The first steps include reviewing expectations for…

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Ongoing FCA focus on Principal firms and their ARs and IARs

25 Mar 2025 - Hot TopICS

This Hot TopICS sets out the nature of the information that the FCA is gathering, and the Controlled Function requirement it is enforcing, as an indicator of what Principal firms should be considering in their appointment and oversight of their ARs and IARs.

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HM Treasury unveils action plan to cut the cost of regulation for businesses

17 Mar 2025 - In The News

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has met senior figures from a wide range of UK regulators to outline plans to cut the administrative cost of regulation on businesses by 25%. The FCA and the PRA were both represented at the meeting. The plans…

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FCA publishes observations and insights on building operational resilience

7 Mar 2025 - In The News

The FCA published PS21/3 Building operational resilience in March 2021. The Policy Statement set out the final rules and guidance on the FCA’s new requirements to strengthen operational resilience in the financial services sector. The firms affected by the…

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FCA publishes Consumer Support outcome report

7 Mar 2025 - In The News

This review report sets out the findings of an FCA review of firms’ approaches to the Consumer Support outcome of the Consumer Duty. The FCA wants firms to provide a level of support that meets customers’ needs throughout their relationship with the firm.…

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ICS Steps Forward to Walk for WaterAid to Support International Women’s Day

7 Mar 2025 - In The News

The team at Insurance Compliance Services is pulling on their boots and has pledged to walk five kilometres or more a day for the month of March in aid of WaterAid’s Stand with Women project. The challenge has been launched to coincide with International…

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