On March 5, 2015, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a thematic review on the product development and governance of structured products. Firms need to ensure they design products that have a reasonable prospect of delivering economic value to end clients and promote their features in a clear and balanced way. The thematic review highlights further areas that firms need to work on. Given the firms are replying in detail to the FCA, the Joint Associations Committee’s (JAC) letter focuses on high-level issues.
Documents (1) for JAC responds to FCA thematic review on product development and governance of structured products
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