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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry. On 19 December 2012, the Financial Services Act 2012 received royal assent, and it came into force on 1 April 2013. The Act created a new regulatory framework for financial services and abolished the Financial Services Authority. The FCA regulates financial firms providing services to consumers and maintains the integrity of the financial markets in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the regulation of conduct by both retail and wholesale financial services firms.

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  • Disclosure time 2019-10-11
  • Penalty amount $ 17,828,307.00 USD
  • Reason for punishment This final notice refers to breaches of PRIN 2, PRIN 3 and PRIN 11 related to wholesale conduct and failing to be open and co-operative in the trading firm sector. We imposed a fine. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Tullett Prebon (Europe) Limited (Tullett Prebon) £15.4 million for failing to conduct its business with due skill, care and diligence, failing to have adequate risk management systems and for failing to be open and cooperative with the FCA.
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The FCA fines Tullett Prebon £15.4 million

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (Prudential) £23,875,000 for failures related to non-advised sales of annuities. Between July 2008 and September 2017, Prudential’s non-advised annuity business focused on selling annuities directly to existing Prudential pension holders. Firms are required to explain to customers that they may get a better rate if they shop around on the open market and Prudential was aware that many customers could get a higher income in retirement by shopping around on the open market. Prudential failed to ensure that customers were consistently informed that they may get a better deal if they shopped around and failed to take reasonable care to organise and control its affairs in breach of its obligation to ensure fair treatment of customers. Prudential also failed to ensure that documentation used by call handlers was appropriate and failed to monitor calls with customers properly. Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA said: 'Prudential failed to treat some of its customers, who could have secured a better deal on the open market, fairly. These are very serious breaches that caused harm to those customers. Prudential is now rightly focussed on redress and today’s financial penalty reinforces the cardinal obligation of fairness that firms owe to customers.' An annuity is a retirement income product that can be bought with a customer’s pension pot, and which pays them a regular income in return. A customer requires accurate information when choosing an annuity, because it is a complex financial product and can affect a customer, and their dependants, for life. This is especially so for non-advised sales, where the customer selects the annuity based on factual information and does not receive financial advice. Where customers have health and lifestyle factors which may shorten their life expectancy, they may be eligible for an enhanced annuity. Firms need to provide clear, fair and not misleading information about enhanced annuities to help the customer make an informed decision about which product to buy. As customers approached retirement Prudential wrote to them enclosing information about their retirement options. However, Prudential also communicated with customers by telephone. The documentation provided to call handlers created a significant risk that call handlers would fail to mention the open market option or make statements during calls which could discourage a customer from shopping around for a better deal. Prudential also failed to monitor these calls adequately. Prior to 2013, the risks created by a lack of appropriate systems and controls were increased by sales-linked incentives for call handlers and their managers which meant that call handlers might put their own financial interests ahead of ensuring fair customer outcomes. Call handlers were incentivised by the possibility of earning an additional 37% on top of their base salary and winning prizes such as spa breaks or weekend holidays. Prudential voluntarily agreed to conduct a past business review of non-advised annuity sales in order to identify any customers who may be entitled to redress as a result of the firm’s failures. As of 19 September 2019, Prudential has offered approximately £110 million in redress to 17,240 customers (including ongoing annuity uplifts). Prudential has already contacted the vast majority of potentially affected customers as part of its continuing past business review. Prudential did not dispute the FCA’s findings. The firm’s agreement to accept the FCA’s findings meant it qualified for a 30% discount. Were it not for this discount the FCA would have imposed a fine of £34,107,200.
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