Rory Percival and Nucleus launch suitability guide for advisers

Masterclasses to take place in May

Hannah Godfrey
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Nucleus has teamed up with former FCA man Rory Percival to launch a suitability white paper for financial advisers.

The white paper was made to provide advisers with information and practical action points to make their businesses compliant with suitability regulations, as well as to show how they can be confident in the advice they give. As part of the collaboration, Nucleus and Rory Percival, who is a former technical specialist at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and now runs his own consultancy firm, will host masterclasses for advisers in May. The series will see Percival explain the FCA's approach to assessing suitability and will discuss the key questions the regulator asks when underta...

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