FCA to send out second mandatory Covid-19 survey to advisers

Fifth this year

Sophie King
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The Financial Conduct Authority has told advisers it will be sending them another Covid-19 survey to help it understand the impact of pandemic on their financial resilience.

In an email sent on Monday (14 September) and seen by Professional Adviser, the regulator told advisers they would receive the survey on either the 16, 17, 18 or 22 September and their response must be submitted within 10 working days from receiving it. All relevant firms in the FCA's portfolios will be sent the survey with a small number of exceptions for reasons, such as where firms have provided related information to the financial watchdog as part of another data collection exercise.   This survey will be the fifth one sent to advisers by the FCA. The others included one on define...

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