This Practice Note discusses the main Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) provisions applying to appointed representatives (ARs) that carry out regulated activities on...
What is a Designated Professional Body? A Designated Professional Body (DPB), is a body that regulates and supervises members of the professions (ie...
This Practice Note provides an introduction to the exemptions and exclusions that apply in relation to the general prohibition contained in section 19 of the Financial...
In addition to exclusions which are specific to particular types of regulated activity, there are exclusions available for several kinds of activity which are set out...
STOP PRESS: Relating to insurance distribution: On 1 May 2018, the government published the Insurance Distribution (Regulated Activities and Miscellaneous Amendments)...
This Practice Note sets out a number of exclusions which can apply in relation to specific regulated activities that relate to investments. It briefly explains the...
The general prohibition Under section 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000), a person cannot carry out regulated activities in the UK unless that...
In this Practice Note, references to exemptions relate to persons who are exempt from the need to apply for authorisation from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)...
This Practice Note seeks to explain the key exemptions that apply in relation to the FCA consumer credit regime. It does not deal with green deal plans or regulated...
BREXIT: The UK is leaving the EU on Exit Day (as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). This has an impact on this Practice Note. For further guidance, see...