What to make of 'fair value' under the consumer duty

  • Describe what ‘fair value’ means
  • Explain how advisers can provide fair value over time
  • Communicate how advisers can evidence fair value
  • Describe what ‘fair value’ means
  • Explain how advisers can provide fair value over time
  • Communicate how advisers can evidence fair value
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What to make of 'fair value' under the consumer duty

The Financial Conduct Authority's consumer duty, which is taking effect for new products on July 31, will require firms to ensure their customers receive fair value.

This includes offering suitable products that meet the customer’s needs, are reasonably priced and monitored for the value they provide over time.

Advisers will then need to evidence they provide value in value assessment documents.

But the FCA is clear: value is not the same as price. So what is fair value and how can advisers prove they are providing it?

In this podcast, which provides 40 minutes of CPD, Quilter's head of business consultancy Paul Young, Appleton Gerrard adviser Kusal Ariyawansa and consultants Bradley Northrop of Alpha FMC and Mel Holman of Cats discuss what advisers need to do to be compliant with the new rules.

carmen.reichman@ft.com

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Approx.40min
Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.
  1. The FCA's definition of fair value is simple and not definitive. True or false?
  2. According to Mel Holman, what should feature in a firm's value assessment?
  3. Why is it essential that advice firms take a lifetime view of the customer, according to Bradley Northrop?
  4. Financial planners must determine the underlying drivers of their clients' wishes to provide value, says Kusal Ariyawansa. True or false?
  5. Benchmarking an adviser's performance against client expectations rather than the market, leads to worse value outcomes, according to Paul Young. True or false?
  6. How can advisers evidence they are providing value, according to Holman?
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