Retail Conduct

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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 Protectionopens in a new tab and Premiumopens in a new tab 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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Firms can use Consumer Duty foundations to unlock sustainable, customer-led growth.

Customer firstopens in a new tab

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

Consumer Duty — keeping an open mind on closed productsopens in a new tab

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

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

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