Overview: Protects the officers and staff of financial institutions to ensure they are empowered to defend themselves against FSA disciplinary or enforcement proceedings, any 'prohibition from approval' or 'withdrawal of approval' procedures and even investigations in which no wrongful act has been specified.
Who is it for?: All financial institutions with personnel subject to the Approved Persons regime.
Specified categories of the officers and staff of institutions regulated by the FSA are required by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to be approved to perform one or more ‘controlled functions’, roles which relate to both the management of the firm and its professional services.