Ahead of the FCA's final report on the investment platform market study, which is expected to be published tomorrow, Alistair Wilson looks at six areas on which the regulator can be expected to have focused its attention
Eight months on from the interim investment platform market study, the final report from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to land tomorrow. The regulator has combined its review of adviser-led and direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms into one, which has caused some angst, and it will be interesting to see how it segments the two in its final report. Here are six areas the FCA is likely to address. Orphan clients The treatment of clients on platforms who no longer have an adviser is likely to be one of the top issues on the FCA's radar. The regulator's early thinking saw ...
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