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Welcome to KPMG's dedicated hub on 'Retail Conduct'

The retail conduct agenda in the UK has been dominated by the Consumer Duty for the last few years. Firms continue to enhance their embedding of the Duty. By its very nature, progress will continue to be iterative with supervisory intensity delivering more FCA findings on good and poor practice. 

However, other topics are moving up the agenda, all naturally tangentially linked to the Duty and illustrative of the FCA approach to retail conduct in a broader post Duty landscape. The two Market Studies on Pure Protection and Premium Finance and progression of the Advice Guidance Boundary Review are two good examples. 

Therefore, although the Duty raised the bar, that does not mean that further regulatory change is being deferred.

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Consumer Duty - increasing incomes by improving outcomes

How to make Consumer Duty both a regulatory and commercial success

Creating and sustaining the Consumer Duty Cultural Shift

How embedded is Consumer Duty in your cultural footprint?

Consumer Duty: From 'Duty' to 'Centricity'

Firms can use Consumer Duty foundations to unlock sustainable, customer-led growth.

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Meeting the FCA's expectations

Culture and the Consumer Duty

Creating the right conditions to thrive.

Arrears and collections: delivering good customer outcomes

How firms can address the arrears and collections challenges surrounding the rise in consumers in financial difficulty

Customer first

How communications and marketing teams should approach the Consumer Duty rules.

Consumer Duty — keeping an open mind on closed products

Firms will need to think differently to successfully implement the Consumer Duty for closed products

Fair value

The way forward in 2024 and beyond

Consumer Duty Board Report

How to build a successful Consumer Duty annual assessment report

What does ‘substantive compliance’ really mean?

On Consumer Duty, how can firms get comfortable that they are meeting FCA’s Day One expectations?

Consumer Duty: separating today from 'Day 2'

Creating clarity about what day 2 plans need to include — and in what order

Consumer Duty — With Profits: the focus on the next deadline

The additional considerations for firms implementing the Duty for its With-Profits business

FCA GI pricing attestation review

FCA findings from its General Insurance (GI) pricing attestation review reveals its broader expectations on Consumer Duty

SDR policy statement and final rules

A significant challenge for fund managers

Fund liquidity risk management

Further regulatory developments

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