TC 2.2B Reporting requirements

1This section applies to a firm with employees that are retail investment advisers.

1. (1)

   A firm must submit a report (the ‘data report’) to the FCA containing the information required by TC 2.2B.4 R quarterly, within 20 business days of the end of the quarter, unless (3) applies.

2. (2)

   The reporting periods are the four calendar quarters of each year beginning on 1 January.

3. (3)

   A firm need not submit a data report if no changes have occurred in relation to the information submitted by the firm in its previous report.

4. (4)

   A firm may submit a data report more frequently than quarterly if it wishes.

The report must contain professional standards data as follows:

1. (1)

   the firm's name and Firm Reference Number;

2. (2)

   the names and Individual Reference Numbers of the firm's employees who are retail investment advisers, including trainees;

3. (2A)
   1. (a)
   2. (b)
      1. (i)
      2. (ii)
4. (3)

   whether a retail investment adviser has attained an appropriate qualification;

5. (4)

   if a retail investment adviser has not attained an appropriate qualification, the date on which the employee began to carry on the activity of a retail investment adviser; and

6. (5)

   the name of the accredited body used for the purposes of TC 2.1.27 R.

7. (6)

The data report must comply with the provisions of TC Appendix 8R.

A firm must submit the data report to the FCA electronically in a standard format prescribed by the FCA.

A data report will not have been submitted to the FCA in accordance with TC 2.2B.6 R unless all mandatory data reporting fields (as set out in TC Appendix 8R) have been completed correctly and the report has been accepted by the relevant FCA reporting system.