We provide consulting support and advice covering all functions in Financial Services and related businesses. Particular strengths are:

Difficult problems

The deep experience of our consultants, combined with our 'get the job done' approach, can make the critical difference to persistent difficult problems, and save time and money.

This approach to all our work underpins the specific services outlined below.

DB Pension Transfers

IFAs must review their advice around Defined Benefit Pension transfers – particularly those from the British Steel Pension Fund. Our extensive experience means we can cut to the chase using proven processes and systems, minimising costs - and any subsequent impact on PI insurance.

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Consumer Duty

New Consumer Duty regulation requires a much more pro-active approach than before, and specific attention to vulnerable customers. We have been close to its development, and can assist with cost-effective compliance.

Cryptocurrency

Blockchain (including Bitcoin) is the current driver of financial services innovation: new standards of security, speed and cross-jurisdictional opportunities. We can navigate the interface between regulated and non-regulated activities to achieve acceptance on to the UK's Cryptoasset register.

Regulation

Not paying attention to the direction of travel can result in crippling costs. The diversity of our experience helps us keep up with emerging trends and transfer hard-won compliance lessons to your business. We get it right.

SIPP and SSAS issues

We have experience of working with SIPP and SSAS firms to negotiate practical and cost-effective compliance solutions: we get the job done - vital while regulation continues to evolve in this area.

Enterprise Risk Management

A relatively new function in financial services firms that needs a high level of consulting expertise, experience and pragmatism - our people have all of these.

Conduct Culture

Society (and the regulators) are increasingly insisting that basic compliance with regulation is insufficient: a firm's culture has to be acceptable too. Changing culture is complex but can be done with the right level of experience.

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Consumer Credit and Mortgages

We have years of experience in both shaping regulation and helping firms with compliance.