Our 2013 annual forum will be on 11 March 2013.

Our annual London forum will be held on 11 March 2013 at the offices of Blackrock which are in the City (Drapers Gardens, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London  EC2N 2D) to be followed by a networking session at a local hostelry. 

Topics will include:

• An address from the FSA focusing on the transition to the FCA/PRA
• RDR – Implementation/supervision in the new world, with a chance to put forward questions prior to the forum
• Choice of either: RDR – Implementation/supervision in the new world, with a chance to put forward questions prior to the forum  (FSA presentation) OR GI – A round up of the influences on the GI market
• European Development and regulation
• Simon Morris of Cameron McKenna gives his views on Enforcement – How this will be carried over into the new world of regulators
• Choice of either: VAT and RDR – what this means to financial services firms OR AIFMD – structured discussion with industry experts OR What GI consultants need to be thinking about in a post FCA world
•  a report from the chairman of the Association, including professional standards
• the 2013 annual and also an extraordinary general meeting of the Association. 

The event will start at 10 am with registration open from 9:30 and will finish at 5 pm and followed by our traditional networking session this time at a The Basement Bar, 23 Austin Friars, EC2N 2QP following the formal conclusion of the event. 

Registration for this all day event is now open.  You can book online or you can complete a registration form.  The detailed programme for the day can be found here.

The APCC is holding an interactive roundtable discussion with the FSA on the recent CP on the promotion of UCIS to the retail market. This event is open to delegates from APCC members and affiliate firms either in person or via webinar.  Delegates from non-member firms can listen live to the event via webinar.

The authors of the paper, Jason Pope and Louise Roger from the FSA will be at the event to listen to your questions and issues and to discuss them with you so this will be a highly interactive event. 

The event starts at 2:30 with registration open from 2 pm and is expected to finish about 4 pm.  The fee for delegates from APCC member and affiliate firms is £42 (£35 plus VAT) and for all other delegates the fee is £96 (£80 plus VAT).  You can book your place on this course using our online booking system for this event or by downloading and completing the registration form for this event.

This event will take place at the offices of Resources Global in 117 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BT. 

This is an interactive event so please do come fully armed with all your questions and issues on the proposed restrictions to marketing UCIS contained in the CP.  

The APCC will be responding to this CP and so your opinion on it is particularly welcome.  Our submission to the FSA will summarise the views of the compliance consultancy industry to the CP - these views may well be contradictory as the APCC will not be taking a "house view" but will fully reflect the range of views held by the industry.   This roundtable discussion will therefore be particularly useful in enabling the industry to articulate its concerns over the CP and for these views to be fully expressed to the FSA. 

Program and registration details for the Northern Forum event to be held on 19 September at the John Smith Stadium (previously called the Galpharm Stadium) in Huddersfield.

The program for the event is as follows:

12:45 – 1:15 Registration, tea and coffee
1:15 – 1:20   Welcome and introduction - Russell Facer, APCC
1:20 – 3:00   Authorisations and Variations of Permissions – Current Issues presented by James
                    Borley, Gillian Lavabre and Nicola Wildman, managers within the FSA Authorisations
                    and Variations of Permissions Departmentincluding delegate Q & A
3:00 – 3:20   Tea
3:20 – 3:40   FSA Communications Department Update - David Thompson, FSA
3:40 – 4:00   APCC Update - Russell Facer, APCC

Delegates from both APCC member firms and from non-members are welcome.  The fee for delegates from APCC member and affiliate firms is £48 (£40 plus VAT) and for all other delegates the fee is £120 (£100 plus VAT).  You can book for this course using our online booking system for this event or by downloading and completing the registration form for this event.

This is an interactive event so please do come fully armed with all your questions and issues on authorisations and variations of permissions. 

Program and registration details for the Southern Forum event to be held on 26 September at 117 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BT.

The program for the event is as follows:

10:00 – 10:30 Registration, tea and coffee
10:30 – 10:35 Welcome and introduction - Simon Collins, APCC
10:35 – 12:15 Authorisations and Variations of Permissions – Current Issues presented by managers
                     from the FSA's authorisations department including delegate Q & A
12:15 – 12:35 Tea break
12:35 – 13:00 FSA Communications Department Update - David Thompson, FSA
13:00 – 13:15 APCC Update - Simon Collins, APCC

Delegates from both APCC member firms and from non-members are welcome.  The fee for delegates from APCC member and affiliate firms is £48 (£40 plus VAT) and for all other delegates the fee is £120 (£100 plus VAT).  You can book for this course using our online booking system for this event or by downloading and completing the registration form for this event.

This is an interactive event so please do come fully armed with all your questions and issues on authorisations and variations of permissions. 

A reminder for our 19 September forum in Huddersfield and (12:45 until 4 pm) and our central London forum on 26 September (10:00 until 1:30pm). 

Our September forums will be held on 19 September in Huddersfield (12:30 until 4 pm) and on 26 September in central London (10:00 until 1:30pm).  The main subjects to be covered will be authorisations and variations of permissions when two managers from that department in the FSA will be discussing current issues on these topics.  This will be fully interactive so please come armed with plenty of questions and comments.  There will also be a short general update on FSA items from David Thompson of the FSA’s communications department. 

Registration for these events is now open, for more details of these event please see the Northern Forum news item or the Southern Forum news item.

 
The FSA is holding a short (and free) public meeting on 5 September on Skilled Persons Reports.

The FSA is holding a short (and free) public meeting on the morning of 5 September covering the procedural changes being made to enable the FCA/PRA to contract directly with Skilled Persons and the practical implications this will have on the wider Skilled Person process.  For more details please click here.