Latest FCA intervention on SSAS signals 'creeping regulation'

Compliance costs could rise

Hannah Godfrey
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Confirmation that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can demand data from regulated firms about small self-administered scheme (SSAS) operations is a sign of "creeping regulation", according to a provider.

In its policy statement on retirement income data last month, the FCA stated regulated companies are required to give it data on products which fall outside of the watchdog's regulatory remit - such as SSAS - in order to "further statutory objectives". The FCA said: "We cannot require firms and individuals that we do not regulate to provide data to us. However, we can require data from FCA-regulated firms on products outside our regulatory remit, to further our statutory objectives. "SSASs and Executive Pension Plans are types of occupational pension schemes and firms should provide d...

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