Consumer Duty
FCA Plans 'new Form Of Simplified Advice' In Extensive Review
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The Financial Conduct Authority and HM Treasury have set out three proposals as part of their joint advice and guidanc... Read more
FCA: Investment Firms Fall Short Of Consumer Duty Vulnerability And Data Sharing Requirements
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The Financial Conduct Authority said it is “disappointed” by the way some consumer investment firms have been appl... Read more
Divergence In Consumer Duty Application Could Push Asset Managers Out Of UK Retail Market
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The Financial Conduct Authority’s Consumer Duty could risk forcing asset management firms to pull UK retail products... Read more
Consumer Duty Risks Drive Hargreaves Lansdown And AJ Bell 'Sell' Rating From UBS
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UBS has launched its research coverage of platform providers AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown with a ‘Sell’ rating,... Read more
FCA Takes Aim At Wealth Managers Over High-risk And High-fee Products
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The Financial Conduct Authority has slammed wealth management and stockbroking firms over practices that the regulator... Read more
FCA Issues Guidance For Crypto Marketing
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The Financial Conduct Authority has released guidance for crypto firms to support them complying with the newly introd... Read more
FCA Warns 'top Priority' Consumer Duty 'not Once And Done' Event
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The Consumer Duty remains the Financial Conduct Authority’s ‘top priority’ and adherence will be closely monitor... Read more
Changing Of The Guard: Industry Talking Points For Q4 And Beyond
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September seems to have vanished in the blink of an eye and we are now into October and the start of Q4, when the indu... Read more
St James's Place Under Regulatory Scrutiny To Reform Fee Structure - Reports
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St James’s Place is facing pressure from regulators to reform its fee model in a bid to comply with the recently int... Read more
Interactive Investor Moves To Restrict Poor Value Investments On Its Platform
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interactive investor has joined Fidelity’s personal investing platform in restricting investments into funds or trus... Read more
Deep Dive: Funds-of-funds Can Help Overcome PE Investment Barriers
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The fund-of-funds (FOF) portfolio structure could be the ideal way to invest in private equity, according to experts, ... Read more
Deep Dive: Consumer Duty Is 'forcing' DFMs And Asset Managers To Justify Value And Costs
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The Consumer Duty's implementation has meant all players in the distribution supply chain have had to review and adapt... Read more
BlackRock Tiered Fund Pricing Structure Divides Opinion
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BlackRock’s introduction of tiered pricing for 41 of its UK retail funds has been met with mixed reactions from anal... Read more
Consumer Duty: How Wealth Managers Can Meet Alternatives Challenge
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The outcomes-focused approach soon to be introduced by the consumer duty represents a sea change in the standard of ca... Read more