Gareth Fatchett
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 17, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Professionaladviser
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- Jul 16, 2026
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The morality regulator? Has the FCA gone too far on non-financial misconduct? (opens the original)
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On 1 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority's new regime for non-financial misconduct came into force. Few sensible people will object to the proposition that serious bullying, harassment or violence has no place in a financial services business. Firms should protect their employees, deal properly with complaints and take appropriate action against individuals guilty of serious misconduct. But that is not really where the controversy lies. The more difficult question is whether the FCA
AI and compliance: Charging for advice or administration? (opens the original)
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Artificial Intelligence has quickly moved from being a novelty to becoming part of everyday business. Across financial planning firms, AI is now being used to draft suitability reports, summarise client meetings, generate marketing content and streamline administrative tasks. The efficiency gains are undeniable. But as AI becomes more embedded in advice processes, firms need to ask a more difficult question: If AI is doing more of the work, what exactly are clients paying for? At first glance, t
ChatGPT does not know your client – make sure it never does (opens the original)
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Confidential information being entered into an AI tool is no longer a hypothetical risk. As AI becomes embedded in everyday working practices, employees are increasingly using it to draft suitability reports, summarise meetings, prepare client communications and assist with research. In many cases, they are doing so with the best of intentions—trying to save time and improve efficiency. The problem is that the quickest way of completing a task is not always the safest. If confidential client inf
Assessing client bank value in the sale process (opens the original)
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For many financial planners approaching retirement or succession, the sale of a client bank is the culmination of years of relationship building. Yet a crucial question sits at the heart of these transactions: who actually owns the value being sold? Where a financial planning business operates through a limited company, it is often assumed that the client bank belongs to the company. However, recent case law has highlighted circumstances in which some or all of that value may belong personally t
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