The FCA has today published Consultation Paper CP20/10 on its plans to delay the sweeping new Certification Regime and Conduct Rules (SM&CR) until March 2021.

The FCA will launch an enhanced Financial Services Register later this month to replace the existing register.

The FCA has told firms that Senior Managers must consider the “emerging risks” from the Coronavirus outbreak.

It won’t have escaped the attention of those of us in the industry that the Financial Conduct Authority has made changes to the FCA Register, removing the name of all those in customer facing roles (except where they hold a senior management function).