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Join the Financial Services Faculty, a cornerstone of support for the UK financial services sector, fostering excellence and insight among its professional members. Our focus is to equip members to succeed amidst transformative economic, technological, and regulatory landscapes.

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Benefits at a glance

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Driving Competitiveness in Financial Services:

Championing a balanced approach to regulatory reform that supports innovation, minimises risk, and ensures the UK remains a leading global financial hub.

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Empowering the Sector for Tomorrow’s Economy:

Equipping professionals to navigate and harness opportunities in artificial intelligence and digital assets that are shaping the future of financial services.

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Promoting Excellence in Reporting and Assurance:

Supporting high standards across IFRS 9 and 17, CASS, and regulatory reporting, ensuring consistency, transparency, and confidence in financial disclosures.

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Accelerating the Transition to Sustainable Economies:

Advancing financial services’ pivotal role in achieving net-zero targets, with a focus on sustainability reporting, green finance, and climate-related risk management.

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Exclusive live and on-demand webinars:

Be the first to know about our upcoming webinars and events, where we cover a range of topical financial services issues.

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*All membership fees run on an annual basis from 1st January to 31st December each year.

Fees are not dependent on date of joining and therefore not prorated.
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£138 (+VAT)

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Take a look at some of our content

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IFRS 17: insurance contracts: Understanding results and analysing performance

Watch our webinar recording on IFRS 17: insurance contracts, where we will review the results of life insurers and help us understand some key performance metrics, via a simple model.

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APP Scams – What are they? How to avoid them? How to get reimbursed?

Watch this webinar recording which is designed to appeal to a wide audience, including consumers, businesses, small accountancy practices, fraud advisors, and payment firms/banks.

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How should we approach regulatory reform in financial services?

Each week we continue to hear about a new proposal by government or regulators to review rules and standards and in some case introduce new ones with the objective of making the UK more competitive in its desire for economic growth.

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CASS governance for insurance intermediaries

This helpsheet considers some of the areas that regulated firms and their CASS auditors may wish to consider when assessing the appropriateness of a firms CASS Governance framework. In particular this helpsheet considers CASS Governance for insurance intermediaries with CASS 5 permissions.

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