On July 27, 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority published final guidance for firms on risks to customers from performance management. The guidance applies to all firms with staff that deal directly with retail customers. The guidance is intended to assist firms in ensuring that the risk of misselling from performance management is managed and to monitor performance management, looking for indicators of undue pressure to identify poor practices. The FCA will reconsider the guidance once the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation and Directive, known as MiFID II, come into effect on January 3, 2017.

The guidance is available at: http://www.fca.org.uk/static/documents/finalised-guidance/fg15-10.pdf

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