Mark Greenwood: Two months left to get fit (and proper)

Fit and proper deadline

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Mark Greenwood steps on to the metaphorical regulatory treadmill in his latest article for PA. Here he explains how firms can get ship-shape ahead of the SM&CR 'fit and proper' deadline which is just two months away...

While I could have aimed the title of this article at myself, as I have not been able to play squash since March this year, I think it's probably more pertinent to a wider audience in relation to the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR). It is now two months until 9 December 2020, which is the date by which firms will need to ensure that a certificate is issued to all existing staff who fall within the certification regime. That in itself does not seem a big task, but it can only be done after staff who fall under the certification regime have been assessed as 'fit and proper'....

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