The Evolution of Financial Planning and Raising Standards Together - Newcastle

Join the Consumer Duty Alliance and the FCA at this unique free-to-attend regional conference on Wednesday 10th September 2025 at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, giving firms of all sizes the opportunity to:

• Interact directly with the FCA.
• Get insight from a variety of subject matter experts and practitioners.
• Network with other financial professionals and our professional partners.

Dedicated to the dynamics and needs of directly authorised firms and appointed representative firms, the day’s content is focused on sharing good practice, helping firms evolve and achieve greater success.

Reserve your space today and here’s a taster of what you can look forward to:

• Developments in AI and its potential in the advice process.
• Why succession planning is crucial for firms of all sizes.
• The fundamentals of good financial advice and how the FCA can work with you to obtain these outcomes for your clients.
• Demystifying vulnerability and the role of advisers.
• The gender wealth transfer and what it means for advice firms.

AGENDA

8:30am – Registration

9:30am - Welcome – Fiona Tait, Technical & Compliance Director, Intelligent Pensions

9:40am - Consumer Duty & Evolution of Financial Planning - Keith Richards, CEO, Consumer Duty Alliance 

9:55am - Intro - New Era of Regulation - Nick Hulme, Head of Department, Advisers, Wealth and Pensions at FCA 

10:20am - Foreseeable Harms in the Advice Process - James Macaulay, Senior Pension Transfer Specialist at FCA 

10.50am - Intergenerational & Gender Wealth Transfer - Vanessa Barnes, Chartered Financial Planner at Hannay Wealth LLP & Chair, Women’s Wealth Alliance 

11:00am - Break, Networking and Exhibition Partners 

11:30am – Technology in Practice - Driving Business Growth - Jane Hodges, MD, Money Honey, joined by panellists: Anja Turvey, Operations Director, Salisbury House Wealth and Simon Crystal, CEO WPS Advisory. 

12.00pm – Succession Planning and a New Talent Alliance – Tom Hegarty, Chair of the New Talent Alliance and CEO at Simplybiz 

12.10pm –Should we stop saying ‘vulnerable client’? - Robin Melley, Chair of the Financial Vulnerability Taskforce and Managing Director at Matrix Capital Ltd 

12.20pm – Showcasing Consumer Duty ‘Good Practice’ Outcomes panel session with Martin Lines, Development and Events Director - Just, Charlotte Hughes, Advice Proposition Lead - Quilter and Richard Parkin, Head of Retirement - BNY Investments, facilitated by Fiona Tait. 

12.50pm - Lunch, Networking and Exhibition Partners 

13.40pm – The Four Outcomes of Consumer Duty – FCA Team and panellists

14.30pm - A Focus on Vulnerability - FCA interactive case study session 

15.35 - Closing Remarks - Fiona Tait & Keith Richards

Refreshments on departure