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Principals and appointed representatives

Learn about our approach to supervising principal firms and their appointed representatives (ARs).

In this section

Information for principals

How to onboard, terminate or change an AR How to oversee ARs How to report AR data AR population data

Information for ARs

How to become an AR Move from being an AR to being directly authorised

Further information

Larger networks of ARs Regulatory hosting Overseas ARs Alternative investment fund manager hosting

Approved persons

Some individuals must be approved by us to carry out certain activities for an authorised firm, known as controlled functions.

Learn more about approved persons

Recent publications

HM Treasury issues policy statement on AR Regime reforms

Read more about the governments overall policy approach for regulation of Appointed Representatives carrying on regulated financial services in the UK.
Read the PS

Principal firms embedding the new rules for effective appointed representative oversight

Our findings on how principals are embedding new rules for overseeing appointed representatives.
Read more

Improving the Appointed Representatives regime through greater use of data

Publication of how we use the data we collect from principal firms to improve the regime, and our expectation of firms.
Read more

Quick links

Financial Services Register
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FCA Handbook
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