Jun 27, 20241 min readCountdown to the Consumer Duty 2024As the 31st July deadline looms for closed products implementation and for board sign off on the annual board report, the FCA is publishing
Jul 1, 20231 min readCrypto assets marketing regime is confirmedThe FCA has recently announced the rules for making financial promotions of crypto assets to consumers in Policy Statement 23/6 Crypto...
Aug 17, 20221 min readFCA welcomes Secondary Capital Raising ReviewOn 19 July 2022 the Secondary Capital Raising Review (Review) was published, setting out a series of recommendations to the Government,...
Aug 2, 20221 min readConsumer Duty: broadening the scope of care for retail customersThe FCA issued the final rules on the new Consumer Duty on 27 July 2022 in PS22/9: A New Consumer Duty. In a press release issued by the...
Aug 2, 20222 min readFinal position on High Risk Investments from FCA The FCA has released its policy statement on High-Risk Investments (PS22/10) which the FCA has framed in its press release as a 'clamp down
Mar 29, 20221 min readKIDs are finally changingThe long-awaited update to the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (“PRIIPs) rules has arrived. Earlier this month the...
Sep 3, 20211 min readGoogle makes verification changes to tackle online financial scamsFinancial services marketers and advertisers in the UK now need to be verified by Google in order to advertise online. The Google Ads...
Jul 26, 20211 min readFCA proposes changes to the PRIIPs regulations post BrexitThe FCA has recently published proposals to change Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulations. These...
Jul 8, 20211 min readP2P Investing Summit 2021We're delighted to confirm that our co-founder Dena Chadderton will be appearing at the P2P Investing Summit next week, organised by Peer-to
Jun 3, 20212 min readNew treatment for venture capital investments?Venture capital investments may also be re-classified as speculative illiquid securities which would signal an end to retail investment.
Apr 29, 20212 min readAddressing the harm from 'high risk investments'DP21/1 sets out proposals that seek to make it harder for retail investors to invest in 'high risk investments'.
Nov 2, 20201 min readConsumer Investments Market: a round tableTuesday 9 November @ 10am Via Zoom Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0oc-6urz0vEtcUb4OgFAyngItbgRQFzDFl If retail...
Oct 13, 20201 min readVulnerable customer awareness | webinar Join us for a webinar exploring the FCA's evolving expectations of firms when it comes to vulnerable clients. With an increased focus by th
Sep 18, 20201 min readThe future of retail investing: views welcomed If retail investors are important to your business model you may want to answer the FCA’s Call For Input on the Consumer Investments
Sep 11, 20202 min readIdentifying which customers are "vulnerable"?The FCA's view on which customers could be vulnerble may come as a surprise to firms. Here are the 4 Vulnerability Factors to consider
Aug 4, 20202 min readThe KIDS (still) aren’t alrightKey Information Documents, KIDs, have been the source of much controversy. Now for the UK it seems that the tide is turning.
Jun 18, 20203 min readHere To Stay? Speculative Illiquid Security rules to be made permanentthe FCA has published the consultation extending the ban on speculative illiquid securities. This is so that the temporary intervention whi
Feb 26, 20201 min readTax efficient investing & the FCA focus on alternatives Following on from the Dear CEO letter to the alternatives sector, we'll be looking at what's next for the EIS, SEIS and VCTs in this webinar
