Monthly Archives: November 2011

Proposed New Legislation

Statutory Instruments 2007 No. Financial Services and Markets The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2007 Made  – – – – *** Laid before Parliament  *** Coming into force  – – *** The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 21(5) and (6) and 428(3) of the [...]

Current Insurance Exemptions

B.1 Articles 24 and 26 respectively of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order state the following: 24. Relevant insurance activity: non-real time communications (1) If the requirements of paragraph (2) are met, the financial promotion restriction does not apply to any non-real time communication which relates to a relevant insurance activity. [...]

Current Pensions Exemption

A.1 Article 72 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 , titled ‘Pension products offered by employers’, states: (1) If the requirements of paragraph (2) are met, the financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication which is made by an employer to an employee in relation to a [...]