Regulatory briefings. What FCA consultations and policy statements mean in practice, from SIPP due diligence to the AIFM regime and targeted support.
Markets and strategy. What recent events and decisions tell firms about how to plan, from ITI Capital's wind-down to the MPC's split vote.
Owners and growing firms. Practical guides through Trescore Ascent, starting with selling your business.
I've spent years building training plans for half marathons. Structured sessions, pace bands, a target finish window. Then race day arrives with a headwind on the exposed stretch, a start time that's twenty minutes later than planned, or a niggle in my left calf that wasn't there on Tuesday. The plan I rehearsed for 8-10 weeks meets a morning that...
The FCA published Consultation Paper CP26/23 on 29 June 2026, proposing targeted changes to how the Consumer Duty applies across scope and proportionality. The consultation closes on 18 September 2026, with a policy statement and final rules expected in Q1 2027.
The FCA published CP26/20 on 22 June 2026, proposing new due diligence rules for SIPP operators alongside a Pension Scheme Money and Assets regime for scheme assets held outside the Client Assets Sourcebook. The consultation closed on 24 August 2026, with a Policy Statement and final Handbook changes expected in the first half of 2027.
Selling a business is the biggest financial event most owners go through, and for most of them it happens exactly once. A public company doing the same deal has a corporate finance team, a retained broker or investment bank, and in-house legal and tax advisers who have run dozens of these processes before. A founder-owned or family-owned business...
The FCA published Policy Statement PS25/23 in December 2025, confirming its final guidance on how non-financial misconduct fits into the Code of Conduct and the fitness and propriety test. The underlying rule, extending COCON to bullying, harassment and violence between colleagues at non-bank firms, came into force on 1 September 2026.
The FCA published CP26/24 on 2 July 2026, proposing to simplify how firms disclose the cost of consumer investments. The consultation closes on 21 August 2026, with a policy statement expected by the end of the year.
The FCA published CP26/27 on 14 July 2026, setting out plans to simplify remuneration rules for solo-regulated firms. The consultation closes on 16 September 2026, with a policy statement expected in the first quarter of 2027.
