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 6 April 2018.
Publications issued
The following publications were issued recently:
- CP18/6: Quarterly Consultation Paper No 20
- CP18/6: Addendum
- CP18/7: Improving the quality of pension transfer advice
- CP18/8: PSR regulatory fees
- CP18/9: Second consultation on remedies following the asset management market study
- DP18/2: Transforming culture in financial services
- PS18/5: Powers in relation to LIBOR contributions
- PS18/6 Advising on Pension Transfers
- PS18/7: Staff incentives, remuneration and performance management in consumer credit firms
- PS18/8: Asset Management Market Study remedies and changes to the handbook – Feedback and final rules to CP17/18
- GC18/1: Proposed guidance on financial crime systems and controls: insider dealing and market manipulation
- FG18/2: Staff incentives, remuneration and performance management in consumer credit firms
- FG18/3 - Changing customers to post-RDR unit classes
- Call for Input: Regulating the pensions and retirement income sector: our strategic approach
- Regulating the pensions and retirement income sector: Our strategic approach
- Handbook Notice 53
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 |
| Recovering the costs of the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS): fees proposals - PS to CP17/35 | Professional body supervisors listed or who are considering applying to be listed under Schedule 1 of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 | FEES | April 2018 | N/A | N/A |
| Regulatory fees and levies: policy proposals for 2018/19 - PS to CP17/38 |
|
FEES | April 2018 | N/A | N/A |
| FCA regulated fees and levies: rates proposals 2018/19 |
|
FEES | April 2018 | 2 months | June 2018 |
| Reviewing the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) – PS to CP17/36 |
|
COMP, FEES 6 | Q2 or Q3 2018 | N/A | N/A |
| EU Money Market Funds (MMF) Regulation CP – PS to CP18/4 |
|
FEES, COLL | N/A | 24 January 2018 to 23 March 2018 | Q2 2018 |
Regulatory processes
|
Future publications |
Intended audience |
Module |
Expected date |
Consultation period |
Expected feedback date |
|
Payment Services and Electronic Money; changes to our rules and guidance under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 |
|
SUP |
March 2018 |
Six weeks |
TBC |
Quarterly Consultation Papers
|
Publication |
Chapter |
Modules |
Expected date of feedback* |
|
CP18/6 Quarterly Consultation No. 20 (March 2018) |
2: CRD IV: Changes to the Prudential sourcebook for Investment Firms (IFPRU) |
IFPRU |
TBC |
|
CP18/6 Quarterly Consultation No. 20 (March 2018) |
3: Changes to reporting requirements in the Supervision manual |
SUP |
TBC |
|
CP18/6 Quarterly Consultation No. 20 (March 2018) |
4: Changes to our address |
GEN, MAR, SUP, CREDS, REC, LR, DTR, EG |
June 2018 |
|
CP18/6 Quarterly Consultation No. 20 (March 2018) |
5: Payment Services and Electronic Money: changes to our rules and guidance under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 |
SUP |
TBC |
|
CP17/39 Quarterly Consultation No.19 (December 2017) |
3: Minor changes to the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules sourcebooks |
LR, DTR |
TBC |
|
CP17/39 Quarterly Consultation No.19 (December 2017) |
8: Changes to reporting requirements in the Supervision manual and ICOBS |
ICOBS, 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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