08/04/2022
The FCA has confirmed that although at this stage it will not intervene it will continue to monitor the market and may intervene in future if it sees evidence of practices similar to that previously seen in the General Insurance market.
08/03/2022
Some schemes may also no longer exist, having wound up and there is no legislation which compels trustees to accept former members who transferred out.
08/03/2022
Redress aims to put consumers back in the position they would have been in had they remained in their DB scheme.
08/03/2022
Given the rising cost of living, it’s important that borrowers consider their options and switch if they can where it meets their needs and circumstances and saves them money.
08/03/2022
The FCA’s Digital Delivery Centre will be based in Leeds alongside other key FCA business teams.
08/03/2022
The FCA consulted on these rules, which are a key part of its Consumer Investments Strategy to deliver a consumer investment market that works well for people who want to invest with confidence, in January 2022.
08/03/2022
In Germany, this means that almost every exchange between the fund manager and a potential professional or semi-professional investor about a yet-to-be-set-up investment fund now falls under the term ‘pre-marketing’ and thus under the newly cr
08/02/2022
But borrowing remains above the pre-pandemic average of £4.3bn in the 12 months up to February 2020.
08/02/2022
Under the new rules, companies will need to use clearer and more prominent risk warnings.
08/02/2022
She was previously sent to prison in 2009 for stealing from her clients
08/02/2022
As part of its Consumer Investments Strategy, the FCA want to reduce the number of people who are investing in high-risk products that do not reflect their risk appetite.
08/02/2022
The Guidelines seek to ensure that all competent authorities granting this exemption follow the same harmonised approach
08/01/2022
The Commission has thoroughly assessed this information before presenting its positive preliminary assessment of the payment request.
08/01/2022
Regulation of the sector will bring higher standards and boost consumer protection.
08/01/2022
The new guidance provides clarification around where responsibility sits for ensuring that marketing communications comply with the requirements set out in the respective directives in cases where a third-party distributor, and not the fund manager itself
08/01/2022
The court found that the Commission has the power to review any merger that may raise significant competition concerns within the EU, even if the companies involved do not have activities in Europe – or the merger falls below the EU’s turnover
08/01/2022
The UK’s current NZS includes a commitment to ensure that the UK will be powered entirely by clean electricity by 2035.
08/01/2022
The cost of living crisis is clearly starting to hamper people’s ability to put money away for the future as it gets sucked up by increased prices.
07/29/2022
The FCA has also published its finanlised non-Handbook guidance to provide firms with the information they need to implement the duty.
07/29/2022
Under the FCA’s revised timeline firms will have until 31 July 2023 to implement the Duty for new and existing policies – an extension of three months – and a further 12 months from then – until 31 July 2024