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FCA outlines priorities and budget increase in 2024/25 Business Plan
The FCA is to carry out reviews over the next year into a range of areas to ascertain the way firms assess "overall product value"; the transparency of charges across value chains in unit-linked pensions and investments; the insurance industry's speed of response to claims; along with the treatment of vulnerable customers.
Online Published Date:
02 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Insurers must improve motor write-off procedures after survey shows shortcomings
Senior managers in insurance firms who are ultimately responsible for the valuation of written-off vehicles are being warned that the FCA will "hold them accountable" for considering the findings of a report that highlighted 14 "areas for improvement".
Online Published Date:
02 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Portfolio letters - specifics of the Consumer Duty
"Portfolio and Dear CEO letters both have an appealing feature. The regulator is coming off the usual fence." Adam Samuel dissects granular commentary from the Financial Conduct Authority's correspondence tool du jour.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
MiCA or MiFID? Classifying cryptoassets in the EU
Distinguishing between cryptoassets covered by MiCA and financial instruments covered by MiFID II is no easy task. Nicolas Kalokyris analyses the consultation papers issued under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation to elucidate the difficult qualification of cryptoassets as financial instruments, as well as the proposed reverse solicitation guidelines.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
EU cryptoasset guidelines under consultation
Consultations on guidelines for promoting or providing cryptoasset services into the European Union, as well as on the classification of digital assets as 'financial instruments', propound significant aspects of the emerging regulatory framework for crypto in the region. Charlotte Hill and Shaanil Senarath-Dassanayake provide an overview of the draft guidelines under each consultation paper.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Will enforcement "transparency" achieve the FCA's aims?
The regulator's proposals to publish more information about enforcement investigations into firms at an early stage, as well as slash back the Enforcement Guide, have caused consternation in the industry. Michael Tan and Jack Moore unpack the logic behind these moves and articulate concerns about possible effects.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Crypto's ESG problem
Even mainstream financial institutions are dabbling in the multi-trillion dollar cryptocurrency market. Yet behind the blockchain boom are worrying environmental and social impacts - along with serious considerations for firms to confront. Tom Vidovic reports on the 'digital dilemma'.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Some firms "lagging behind" the Consumer Duty
A review of how financial services businesses have implemented their new mandate to deliver good outcomes for retail customers has left the regulator disappointed by some of the efforts. Denis O'Connor summarises the good and the must-do-better.
Online Published Date:
05 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 7 - 13 March 2024
Regulatory challenges develop apace
A raft of revised and new rules will amplify workloads for Compliance functions at a time when risk professionals are already under immense pressure, writes Monique Melis.
Online Published Date:
11 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 5 - 06 December 2023
Post-Brexit 'bundling' proposal for asset managers to fund research hastened through
Asset managers are on course to be given a third option on how they pay for investment research, following an FCA decision to let them bundle together payments for third-party research and trade execution. The final rules are due to be produced by the end of June, only 25 days after a 5 June deadline for submissions to be made on the change to the regulator.
Online Published Date:
12 April 2024
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Vol 36 No 8 - 12 April 2024
FCA notices issued to Neil Woodford and corporates over management of equity fund
The FCA has issued notices to Neil Woodford, Woodford Investment Management Ltd (WIM) andLink Fund Solutions in relation to the management of the £3.7 billion Woodford Equity Income Fund - which was suspended in June 2019, leaving up to 300,000 investors with losses.
Online Published Date:
12 April 2024
Appeared in issue:
Vol 36 No 8 - 12 April 2024