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FCA publishes resource and a Consultation about its approach to enforcement
The FCA wants to change how it publicises its enforcement investigations to increase the transparency of its enforcement work and its deterrent effect, and to disseminate best practice. Following a review, it also wants to change its Enforcement Guide to…
FCA publishes a new ‘Preparing your firm’s wind-down plan’ web page
The FCA has published a new page on its website providing guidance about preparing your firm’s wind-down plan. Wind-down plans help firms exit the market in an orderly manner if their business is no longer viable. The web page makes reference to the Wind…
Information Commissioner’s Office publishes detailed new guidance on the use of people’s biometric data
Against the backdrop of issuing nine separate enforcement notices in relation to the monitoring of employees by using their biometric data, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a significant new section on its website outlining detailed…
FCA publishes Consumer Duty firm survey findings
In Autumn 2023 the FCA conducted a survey of 634 firms that had not been surveyed previously. The FCA was particularly interested in how smaller firms (1-49 employees) had implemented the Duty and whether firms had made changes to their consumer contracts and…
The FCA publishes a speech on Consumer Duty and findings in relation to good and bad practice
Sheldon Mills, FCA Executive Director, Consumers and Competition, has given a speech looking ahead to the deadline for ‘closed products’. Mills addresses some of the challenges firms are facing and sets out that the FCA expects firms to have a clear roadmap to…
The FCA continues investigation into handling of non-financial misconduct
On the 6th February, the FCA sent a letter to wholesale insurers and intermediaries requesting data on incidents of non-financial misconduct and how they are dealt with, and indicated that banks and brokers will be next to be contacted.
