A Practical Guide to the FSA Handbook

March 2nd 2010

The new ‘activist’ policy of the FSA is now becoming a fact. Financial services firms are having to demonstrate not only that their systems and controls are adequate, but also that their business models are viable. This will require significant investment by some firms in audit and risk management systems, in considering their governance arrangements and in operating business-acceptance protocols.

Furthermore, in July the Authority published plans to create a more consistent and more transparent framework for calculating financial penalties which could mean that some fines treble in size for breaches committed after 2010.

The FSA Handbook is the crucial vehicle for getting the detail of the Authority’s regulatory policy across.

Against the background of increased regulatory engagement, this twelfth FSA Handbook conference will be an essential forum where delegates can hear first hand from the FSA and a panel of experts.

The major issues covered in the programme will include:

  • The role and statutory powers of the FSA
  • The approved persons regime: training and competence
  • Supervision processes
  • Discipline and enforcement
  • Consumer relations and complaints
  • The conduct of business rules
  • Market conduct and the market abuse regime
  • Money laundering

The FSA Handbook conference offers compliance officers, senior management and other approved persons, as well as their professional advisers, a comprehensive update on the regulatory regime in the UK. 

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