To educate and align industry practices relating to the treatment of vulnerable customers
There is a regulatory and moral imperative to ensure that people are treated appropriately when they deal with financial firms, taking into account whatever vulnerability they may have.
Almost everyone will either have been in a position of vulnerability in their lives, or is currently vulnerable, or will become so as they age or need to care for someone. Financial firms have been working to deliver a consistent standard of fair treatment of customers for many years, but only recently have the needs of vulnerable people become central to fair treatment considerations. Some firms are well advanced with their practices, whilst others are struggling to establish consistent processes and strategy, and need support to help them advance more quickly.
Goal/s: a) To manage the RADAR tool (to ensure it is fit for purpose against finalised FCA guidance); and b) To define, develop and share best practice.
Strategy: Facilitate input from charities/trade bodies/regulator/3rd party suppliers and create a framework for dealing with customers in different vulnerable situations and categories.
The working group is largely concerned with acting in an advisory capacity to TISA’s new Consumer Duty working groups and continues to meet on a quarterly basis to provide a forum for discussion and as a mechanism to engage with the third sector, such as charities. Recent speakers include the RNIB and Vulnerability Registration service.
A guide for firms in dealing with bereavement process is underway, working with partners AGE UK and Estate Search.
Vulnerability Conference is planned for Q1 2024.
A J Bell Securities Limited
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Aegon UK PLC
Altus Consulting
Ashurst Risk Advisory LLP
Aviva Plc
Aviva UK Insurance
Baillie Gifford & Co
Bank of Ireland
Baringa Partners LLP
BNY Mellon
Comentis Ltd
Crealogix
Delta Financial Systems
Digital Moneybox
Equiniti
Equisoft
Euroclear
Fidelity International
Forester Life
Freetrade
Hargreaves Lansdown
HSBC Bank plc
Invesco
Investec Wealth & Investment Limited
James Sharp & Co
Janus Henderson
JPMorgan Asset Management
Link Group
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M&G Investments
NatWest PLC
NextWealth
Northern Trust
OneFamily
Pinsent Masons LLP
Prudential
Quilter Cheviot Limited
Quilter PLC
RBC Brewin Dolphin
Scottish Widows Plc
SS&C
St James’s Place Wealth Management
Tesco Bank
Thesis Asset Management
Waystone
Lisa Laybourn, Head of Technical Policy and Risk leads on this work at TISA
Chair: Dimpel Patel, RBC Brewin Dolphin
Deputy Chair: Helen Bellamy, Quilter