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The new FCA Consumer Duty: the interrelationship with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime

19 March 2024 / Author(s): William Hibbert
Issue: February 2023 / Categories: Feature

2023 sees the introduction of what the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) hopes will be a significant increase in the standard of consumer customer care: the new Consumer Duty (the Duty) will apply to firms from 31 July 2023 in respect of new products and services and of existing products and services that remain on sale or open for renewal (it will be another year before the Duty will apply to closed products and services). This in turn brings changes to, and greater responsibilities under, the existing Senior Management and Certification Regime (SM&CR), which are considered in this article.

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