PS18/10: Retiring FG12/15 and FG14/1

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In December 2017, we published PS17/25: ‘Financial Advice Market Review Implementation Part II and Consultation on Retiring FG12/15 and FG14/1’[4].

Part of this publication consulted on retiring the following guidance, which we considered had been largely superseded  by recent changes to our rules including to implement the re-cast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2014/65/EU) (MiFID II): 

• FG12/15, ‘Retail Distribution Review: independent and restricted advice’
• FG14/1, ‘Supervising retail investment advice: inducements and conflicts of interest’.

In this Policy Statement, we summarise the feedback received for this consultation. In light of the feedback, we’re confirming the retirement of FG12/15 and FG14/1.

Who this applies to

This Policy Statement will most directly impact on:

• firms providing advice on or distributing retail investment products and financial instruments to retail clients
• trade associations involved in retail investment markets