Chartered financial planner Filip Slipaczek has rebuked the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after he received a warning for failing to fill in its defined benefit (DB) survey sent earlier this year, despite not receiving it.
Yesterday (18 November), the regulator sent out a third DB survey to 1,653 financial advice firms, which asked questions on how coronavirus may have impacted DB transfer advice. However, along with this survey, Slipaczek was sent a warning from the FCA accusing him of failing to complete the second survey which was sent out in July. It said: "We sent you a survey in July 2020, we did not receive a response to this. We, therefore, include a s165 notice requiring you to provide us with data on your DB business. "We are using our formal statutory powers under section 165 of the Finan...
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