Regulatory Updates

FCA publishes a new ‘Preparing your firm’s wind-down plan’ web page

4 Mar 2024 - In The News

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…

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Information Commissioner’s Office publishes detailed new guidance on the use of people’s biometric data

26 Feb 2024 - In The News

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…

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Consumer Duty – a Panel and Q&A session with the FCA

26 Feb 2024 - Regulatory Updates

Although the FCA has now published Sheldon Mills’ recent speech, delivered at a KPMG Consumer Duty event, there was also a panel session with Mills and KPMG, as well as a Q&A session. Much of the speech focussed on the forthcoming 31st July Consumer Duty…

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FCA publishes Consumer Duty firm survey findings

26 Feb 2024 - In The News

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…

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The FCA publishes a speech on Consumer Duty and findings in relation to good and bad practice

26 Feb 2024 - In The News

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…

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The FCA continues investigation into handling of non-financial misconduct

16 Feb 2024 - In The News

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.

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