Consumer Duty

What is it?

What is it?

The Consumer Duty is a very significant piece of regulation that sets higher expectations for the standard of care firms across the financial services industry give to consumers in retail financial markets.

It aims to ensure that existing best practice around good outcomes for consumers is applied consistently across the industry.

There are three elements to it:

A new Principle 12 to reflect the overall standard of behaviour required from all firms

  • firms must act to deliver good outcomes to customers

Cross Cutting Rules – which permeate across all of the consumer touchpoints in the consumer journey for firms to ensure they:

  • Act in good faith towards customers
  • Avoid foreseeable harm to customers
  • Enable and support customers to pursue their financial objectives

Four outcomes which detail the expectations in key elements of the firm-customer relationship:

  • Products and services
  • Price and value
  • Consumer understanding
  • Consumer support

Consumer Duty Champion

Ashley Cox (Independent Non-Executive Director of Slater Investments Limited)

Key Documents

  • EMT v4.2
    EMT v4.2
    Download
  • EPT v21
    EPT v21
    Download
  • The Consumer Duty Summary for Distributors
    The Consumer Duty Summary for Distributors
    Download
  • FCA Consumer Duty Policy Statement
    FCA Consumer Duty Policy Statement
    Download
  • FCA Finalised Guidance - Consumer Duty
    FCA Finalised Guidance - Consumer Duty
    Download
  • 2023 Value Assessment Report
    2023 Value Assessment Report
    Download

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