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Quietroom co-founder Vincent Franklin talks to the VFM podcast
Darren Philp and Nico Aspinall of the Value For Money podcast chat to Quietroom co-founder and actor Vincent Franklin about investment, the state pension, his acting career and what value for money means to him.
Quietroom launches FCA consumer duty audit toolkit
Quietroom today announced the launch of a new audit service that helps FCA regulated businesses get fighting fit for the new Consumer Duty. The Duty will change the way that regulated companies do their businesses as the new rules become embedded in how products are developed for and communicated to customers.
The audit can be tailored to suit companies’ needs, including a stage that allows firms to learn from the process that Quietroom has developed so they can run the bulk of the audit themselves. The service includes a full audit report for every document checked, including a RAG rating and a summary of recommendations. It also reports back on the main trends identified from across the audited documents – on areas where companies are doing well, and for any where they could be at risk of not meeting the Duty.
Quietroom launches model buyout communications toolkit
Quietroom today launched a suite of model buyout comms to help defined benefit schemes going through this process communicate effectively with their members.
The suite has been developed by Quietroom experts and is designed to take scheme members through the whole buyout journey – from the first announcement to scheme wind-up. The communications have all been tested and refined in light of member feedback and have been legally reviewed, so achieve regulatory compliance. All schemes need to do is enter their details and get sign-off internally before they send the letters to members.
