FCA Consolidator Review: Key Takeaways for the Financial Advice and Wealth Management Sector
The FCA’s latest review examines consolidation activity across the advice and wealth management...
Beyond the Basics: Preparing Your Annual Consumer Duty Board Report
Learn how to prepare an effective Consumer Duty Board Report with insights on MI, actionable plans,...
It’s summer at last and things are hotting up!
We’ve mentioned on several occasions that the FCA is more proactively targeting firms with whom...
Thistle Initiatives Newsletters - June 2024
Here's an overview of our monthly newsletter updates of our capital sectors - June 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - June 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - June 2024
‘No change’ reviews – a problem?
There’s much in the financial press recently about ongoing reviews, and we’ve provided our fair...
Capacity for loss – how do you define it?
As regular readers of our articles will be aware, we’ve covered Capacity for Loss (CfL) numerous...
DC – DC. Bigger than DB – DC?
The Pension Freedoms, as they’re called, were introduced in 2015 and when combined with...
Thistle Initiatives Newsletters - May 2024
Here's an overview of our monthly newsletter updates of our capital sectors - May 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - May 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - May 2024
Stubborn issue?
It was really just a matter of time before it happened following the implementation of Consumer...
Thistle Initiatives Newsletters - April 2024
Here's an overview of our monthly newsletter updates of our capital sectors - April 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - April 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - April 2024
TR 24/1 – wider connotations?
In our previous article covering the FCA’s thematic review of retirement income advice (TR24/1) we...
TR 24/1 - What did it tell us?
The long-awaited FCA Thematic Review (TR24/1) on Retirement Income Advice has finally landed (on...
Thistle Retail Newsletter - February 2024
Thistle Retail Newsletter - February 2024
Ongoing review service - a service, or not?
Most advice firms will have noted that the FCA issued a communication to 20 or so of the largest...
Navigating the Advice/ Guidance Boundary
Whilst the FCA consults on the boundary between advice and guidance (DP23/5 was issued on 8th...