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The Evolution of Financial Planning and Raising Standards Together - Newcastle

Wed 10 Sep 2025 8:30 AM - 3:50 PM Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, NE8 2AR

The Evolution of Financial Planning and Raising Standards Together - Newcastle

Wed 10 Sep 2025 8:30 AM - 3:50 PM Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, NE8 2AR

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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.

OUTLINE AGENDA (TBC)

08:30 Registration and Coffee

9:30am Welcome

Keynote 1 New Era of Regulation - Nick Hulme, Head of Department, Advisers, Wealth and Pensions at FCA

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

Keynote 2 - tbc

Refreshments, Networking and Partners Engagement

Practitioner shorts on Technology, succession planning, gender wealth transfer and demystifying vulnerability

Showcasing Consumer Duty Outcomes ‘Good Practice’ panel

Lunch, Networking and Partner Engagement

A Focus on Vulnerability - FCA interactive case study session

The Four Outcomes of Consumer Duty - FCA panel with Q&A

15:45pm Closing Remarks and Refreshments




Location

Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, NE8 2AR