Thursday 30 March 2017

UK: The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2017 was laid before Parliament today and comes into force on 3 January 2018: see here or here (pdf). The purpose of the Order is - to quote directly from the accompanying explanatory memorandum (herepdf) - "to allow regulated firms to provide more help and guidance to their customers without inadvertently crossing the boundary into regulated financial advice".

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