The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a data breach on 17 February 2020.

Like many of you, I’m sure, there is always a never-ending “to do” list of things that need to be done – work for clients, regulatory and compliance demands and plenty of work to be done on building and developing the business. 

FCA chief executive Andrew Bailey has called for “a permanent commitment to open financial markets” but accepts Brexit will take place in March next year.

A significant chunk of advisers have so far failed to learn enough about major changes to data protection law set to come into force soon.