Firms urged to engage with 'huge opportunity' PRIIPs consultation

Financial advisers and other financial services firms are being called on to engage and participate in consultations from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HM Treasury around the new disclosure regime, which industry experts are optimistic will provide better, more meaningful information for UK investors. On 9 December the UK government announced it would repeal the European Union's packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) regulation as a "matter of priority". It launched a consultation to seek views on an alternative framework for the disclosure with the ...