Regulator proposes directory of financial services workers 

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a new directory to help consumers and firms check the status and history of individuals working in financial services.

The regulator says such a directory will include all those who hold Senior Manager positions requiring FCA approval and those whose roles require firms to certify that they are fit and proper. This includes those in consumer-facing roles, such as mortgage and investment advisers.

Consumers will be able to search the directory by location to find local advisers.

The FCA’s proposals are based on feedback on what consumers and firms would expect from the directory. It includes more information about individuals working in financial services than is currently available and does so in one, user-friendly place.

The FCA is also today publishing the near final rules on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to almost all regulated firms. Firms can now access the guides to the SM&CR to understand what steps they need to take to prepare for its implementation.

Jonathan Davidson, executive director of supervision (Retail and Authorisations) at the FCA, said: “We’ve listened to feedback from firms and consumers about the importance of being able to check the status of financial services staff. Introducing the directory will make it easier for people to be confident they can find the right people to deal with.

“Today’s publications are all about making sure that consumers can interact confidently with financial services professionals by setting clear standards for the behaviour of those individuals, and making available information about their fitness and propriety.

“The Senior Managers and Certification Regime sets clear standards for the conduct that consumers and regulators expect from all financial services staff.  These standards of behaviour are central to the FCA’s priority of promoting healthy cultures in firms.”

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