PIMFA Weekly News Bulletin - 5 Decmber 2022

unveiled Platinum Life this week, supported by PIMFA. The platform has been designed to help the UK’s 50s and over transition into retirement and make the many decisions and choices that will enable them to enjoy the retirement they truly desire.

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The FCA has set out proposals which provide for a simplified advice regime for the sale of stocks and shares ISAs.

The proposed regime is based on existing requirements for holistic advice with clear streamlining of requirements around:

• The scope of the service;

• Suitability;

• Individual adviser training & competence;

• Product governance; and

• Fees and charging

As an advocate for a simplified advice regime, PIMFA is enthusiastic about these proposals and they represent a significant step forward by the FCA.

FCA consults on broadening access to financial advice for mainstream investments

Consumer redress scheme

for unsuitable advice to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme

The FCA has set out its final rules for the s404 scheme for consumer redress for those who wrongly transferred out of the BSPS scheme The scheme remains an opt out scheme and will cover consumers who received advice between 26 May 2016 and 29 March 2018 to transfer out of BSPS. The FCA estimate that around 1,100 consumers are in scope of this redress scheme and the total redress will amount to £49m with £15.4m expected to fall on the FSCS.

In addition to this scheme, the FCA has set out its intention to extend the BSPS asset retention scheme for firms in scope of the redress scheme.

Please contact Simon Harrington for further details.

We invite you to contact Simon Harrington with any individual firm views on these proposals

Regulatory Fees & Levies: Policy Proposals for 2023/24

The FCA has published a Consultation Paper 22/23 ‘Regulatory fees and levies: policy proposals for 2023/24’ outlining proposed policy changes, e.g.:

• the FCA’s proposed approach to the assumptions needed to set next year’s consultation on fee rates

• updates on the charges that principal firms pay for appointed representatives

• options for redefining the fees calculations for firms subject to the Investment Firms Prudential Regime

• a new fee for applications under the new financial promotions regime

• amending some of the charges for Data Reporting Service Providers, Trade Repositories and Securitisation Repositories

• clarification of the definition of gross income in fee block A.9 (managers and depositaries of investment schemes or pension schemes)

• information about the Economic Crime Levy

The deadline for responses to CP22/23 is 16 January 2023. If you have any comments on the consultation, please get in touch with Alexandra Roberts

Bank of England (BoE): Joint Transformation Programme

The BoE has published an update on the joint transformation programme which it is conducting with the FCA to transform data collection from the UK financial sector. The communication includes:

• the progress made with the joint transformation programme and the phase two use cases (involving commercial real estate data)

• an update on the Data Standards Review

• information about the ‘discovery’ stage for the Incident, Outsourcing and Third Party Reporting (IOREP) use case (due to commence Q1 2023)

Members who are interested in attending Transforming Data Collection (TDC) events should contact: TDCSecretariat@bankofengland.co.uk

FCA Discussion Paper 22/5 - the potential competition impacts of Big Tech entry and expansion in retail financial services

Review

meeting

12 December 14:00

The presence of Big Tech firms in the UK financial marketplace has been steadily increasing with potential to expand further and change markets quickly. Big Tech firms have the capability to disrupt established markets, drive innovation and reduce costs for consumers. The FCA wants to ensure the benefits Big Tech can bring are fully realised whilst ensuring good consumer and market outcomes.

DP22/5 focuses on four areas of financial services payments, deposits, credit and insurance; it does not include investments.

PIMFA is keen to submit a response and to present its members' views on the potential impact of Big Tech firms and we would value input from our members.

We have arranged a virtual meeting to explore the discussion paper, share our views and understand your thoughts, ideas and concerns, which will be included in the response.

The virtual meeting will take place on Monday 12 December at 14:00. If you would like to attend the meeting, please email KevinS@pimfa.co.uk.

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Returning for the first time since 2019, we are delighted to announce the PIMFA Diversity Conference will be taking place in London on December 7.

This event aims to offer attendees fantastic insights into a variety of topics related to TDI and inspire current and future leaders to continue working on creating a truly inclusive and diverse sector.

This event is free for members to attend.

For more information and to register, please click here

The Government’s ambition is to make the UK a leader in green finance and sustainable investing.

Fayyaz Muneer, who leads the team in HM Treasury responsible for green and sustainable finance, will speak about the Government’s green finance policy and set out the latest thinking on key issues sustainability disclosures, ESG ratings, the UK green taxonomy, and transition plans.

For more information and to register, please click here

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