Regulatory feedback shared through REFINE

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Bristol-based law firm Clarke Wilmott has a launched a free website service which encourages financial firms to share regulatory feedback on attitudes and actions towards financial advertising.

Called REFINE – which stands for Regulatory Financial Information Exchange - the site is the first such web-based service and is designed to help mortgage and general insurance companies understand what Financial Services Authority and Office of Fair Trading requirements are on compliant advertising. In order to make the service work, Clarke Wilmott is encouraging firms who have received any feedback on regulating advertisements, direct mail, websites and any other advertising to pass it the firm as they will then remove information which would identify the firm and post it on the site t...

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