2025 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
GUARANTEED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+ (CERTIFIED).
FCA Objectives - Answer- General: markets function well
Operational: consumer protection, integrity, competition
PRA Objective - Answer- safety and soundness of PRA-authorized persons
BOE purposes - Answer- monetary and financial stability
PRA oversight - Answer- banks, deposit-taking firms, insurers, systematically important
investment firms
PRA responsibility - Answer- firms hold adequate levels of capital
Financial Planning Committee (FPC) responsibility - Answer- reducing risk to financial
system as a whole, works closely with pRA
Financial Services and Markets Act of 2000 - Answer- provide stronger protection for
financial services consumers
Financial Services Act of 2012 - Answer- introduced the FCA and PRA
FCA supervision approach - Answer- proactive, outcomes-focused, risk-based
FCA supervision pillars - Answer- 1) proactive (fixed portfolio only)
2) reactive
3) issues and products supervision
Part 9A of FSMA - Answer- empowers FCA to make rules that are legally binding on
authorized firms concerning regulated activity + non regulated
Where is fair treatment addressed in the Principles of Business? - Answer- Principle 6
TCF - Answer- Treating Customers Fairly - initiative of FCA's predecessor
Fundamental Rules - Answer- set out by PRA, replaced Principles of Business, lays out
expectations of firms