'Baldrick levels of stupidity' as FCA leaves advisers unsearchable for a year
Directory to go live December 2020
The proposed 12-month period where advisers will be unsearchable on an FCA-regulated database has been likened to an idea from Blackadder's sidekick Baldrick, whose "cunning plans" were ridiculed for their stupidity.
In policy statement PS19/7, published on Friday (8 March), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) revealed there will be a 12 month period between December 2019 and December 2020 when advisers will not...
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