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Policy development update

News stories Published: 07/10/2016 Last updated: 01/09/2017

The policy development update provides some information on our recent and upcoming publications but should not be regarded as comprehensive. We usually update this page on the first Friday of each month – this version is current as of 1 September 2017.

Publications issued

The following publications were issued recently:

Upcoming publications

The list below is arranged under the blocks of our Handbook where the policy is likely to be given effect. For an explanation of the blocks see our Handbook Reader's Guide and for an overview of the Handbook see the structure diagram. While we aim to ensure it is accurate, the entries are not comprehensive and dates do not represent firm commitments by us. 

Some items in quarterly consultation papers may have a shorter or longer consultation period than the consultation period stated in this update.

High level standards

Future publications

Intended audience

Module

Expected date

Consultation period

Expected feedback date
FCA Regulated fees and levies: Insurers’ tariff data for 2018/19
  • Insurers that pay FCA fees and Financial Ombudsman Service levies (under compulsory jurisdiction and voluntary jurisdiction)
 GLOSS, FEES September 2017 2 months January 2018
Financial Advice Market Review implementation part 1 – Finalised Guidance
  • firms involved in the retail investment market
  • consumers and consumer groups
  • employers and trustees of workplace pension schemes
 N/A September 2017 N/A (Finalised Guidance being published) N/A
Money Advice Service, formalising the debt advice concession for smaller Credit Unions – PS to chapter 9 in PS17/15
  • Credit Unions and other firms in the A.1 deposit acceptors fee-block
 FEES October 2017 N/A N/A
Regulatory fees and levies: policy proposals for 2018/19
  • various FEES clarifications and definitional adjustments
 GLOSS, FEES October 2017 2 months February 2018
Market Infrastructure Providers 2017/18 fee rates – PS to CP17/31
  • recognised investment exchanges (RIEs), benchmark administrators (BAs), and data reporting services providers (DRSPs)
 FEES December 2017 N/A N/A
Reviewing the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) – PS to CP16/42 and further consultation
  • all firms
 COMP, FEES 6 Q4 2017 3 months June 2018
Financial Advice Market Review implementation part 2 – PS to CP17/28
  • advice firms and product providers
  • trade associations
  • consumers and consumer groups
 COBS, COLL, COMP, DISP, GLOSS, ICOBS, PERG, RPPD, SUP, TC December 2017 2 months N/A

Business standards

Future publications

Intended audience

Module

Expected date

Consultation period

Expected feedback date
Insurance Distribution Directive Implementation – PS to CP17/7
  • firms involved in insurance distribution
  • consumers and consumer groups
 SYSC, TC, MIPRU, IPRU(INV), ICOBS, DISP September 2017 N/A N/A
Insurance Distribution Directive Implementation – third CP
  • firms involved in insurance distribution
  • consumers and consumer groups
 COBS, ICOBS, PROD, SUP, SYSC September 2017 TBC TBC
Transaction Cost Disclosure of Workplace Pensions – PS to CP16/30
  • stakeholders involved in the DC workplace pensions market including those who provide services in that market, such as pension providers and asset managers, and governance bodies of pension schemes, such as trustees and Independent Governance Committees
 COBS September 2017 N/A N/A
Insurance Distribution Directive Implementation – PS to CP17/23
  • firms involved in insurance distribution
  • consumers and consumer groups
 COBS, ICOBS, PROD, SUP, SYSC December 2017 N/A N/A
Insurance Distribution Directive Implementation – PS to third CP
  • firms involved in insurance distribution
  • consumers and consumer groups
 COBS, ICOBS, PROD, SUP, SYSC January 2018 N/A N/A
Proposed Handbook changes to reflect the new regulatory framework for Insurance Linked Securities - PS to CP17/3
  • insurance special purpose vehicles, their professional advisers and outsource partners
  • insurers
 PRIN, SYSC, FEES, COBS, SUP, DEPP, DISP Q4 2017 N/A N/A
Implementation of the Benchmarks Regulation – CP
  • benchmark administrators
  • benchmark contributors
  • banks
  • firms
 MAR, TBC TBC 3 months TBC

Specialist sourcebooks

Future publications

Intended audience

Module

Expected date

Consultation period

Expected feedback date

Credit card market study: consultation on persistent debt and earlier remedies – PS to CP 17/10
  • firms offering credit cards
  • firms providing debt advice
  • consumer organisations 
  • trade bodies

CONC

TBC

N/A

N/A

Other

Publication

Chapter

 Modules

Expected date of feedback
CP17/14 Quarterly Consultation No. 17 (June 2017) 2: Changes to the Training and Competence sourcebook (TC) list of appropriate qualifications TC TBC
CP17/14 Quarterly Consultation No. 17 (June 2017) 4: Changes to regulatory reporting requirements SUP TBC
CP17/6 Quarterly Consultation No. 16 (March 2017) 7: Smarter Consumer Communications: changes to COBS and MCOB COBS, MCOB TBC

CP16/21 Quarterly Consultation No. 14 (September 2016)

4: Consequential amendments to Short Form A

SUP

TBC

CP16/21 Quarterly Consultation No. 14 (September 2016)

6: Mutuals' deferred shares

GLOSS, COBS

TBC

CP16/17 Quarterly Consultation No. 13 (July 2016)

8: A new 'pooled investment vehicle' definition for the marketing restriction rules on NMPIs

GLOSS

TBC

CP16/8 Quarterly Consultation No. 12 (March 2016)

3: Changes to requirements in the Listing Rules, Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, and Prospectus Rules, and Glossary

GLOSS, LR, PR, DTR

TBC

* Feedback to QCP consultations will publish in the Handbook Notice.

Other publications

Major policy initiatives may have their own dedicated sections on our website and their progress will not be recorded here. Check under the firms and markets sections of this site.

Consumer publications

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Contacts

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