As the fallout from the Woodford Equity Income fund suspension continues, Professional Adviser can reveal the FCA wrote to platforms in March to enquire about their processes around asset freezes.
Towards the end of March the regulator wrote to some, but apparently not all, investment platforms after it did work with a small number of other firms to see how they would respond in the event a fund was suspended. The regulator then communicated with platforms to outline its findings and urge them to consider how prepared they were for fund suspensions, saying it would follow up after they outlined their preparedness and contingency plans. It was not clear why the FCA did not contact all investment platforms. Professional Adviser also understands the watchdog asked the companies to...
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