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Complaints Handling for Managers

One of the three operational objections of the FCA is to protect consumers. Financial firms are required to follow a principles-based approach to dealing with client complaints. Managers play a vital role in enforcing this.

Managers and supervisors are responsible for ensuring there are sufficient resources for handling complaints. Their responsibility extends to checking that the complaint handling systems work properly to serve the client.

Our Complaints Handling for Managers Course explains the FCA's rules on how best to manage complaints from retail clients in the financial services sector.

  • 35 Minutes
  • For managers
  • Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives

  • Recognise complaints and the importance of dealing with them appropriately
  • Understand the manager's role in ensuring that complaints are handled compliantly
  • Recognise how the Firm may receive complaints
  • Know the procedure for handling complaints
  • Follow the rules and etiquette for handling complaints
  • Understand the role of the FOS

    What can you expect your employees to learn?

Welcome

Introduction

  • Expression of dissatisfaction
  • Eligible complaints
  • Complaints handling
  • Exercise: Complaints handling

General requirements

  • Scenario: General requirements
  • Requirement to inform
  • Dealing with the complaint
  • Scenario: Dealing with the complaint
  • Redress
  • Systems & controls
  • Scenario: Systems & controls 
  • Time limits, record keeping & reporting
  • Rejecting a complaint
  • Categorising complaints
  • Exercise: General requirements

 

Time limits for dealing with a complaint: Acknowledgement

  • Progress
  • Final response
  • Responses earlier than eight weeks
  • Speed & quality of response
  • Exercise: Time limits

Monitoring complaints

  • Scenario: Monitoring complaints

Record keeping & reporting

  • Internal reporting
  • Six-monthly reports to the FCA
  • Exercise: Record keeping

Role of the FOS

  • Formal & informal settlements
  • Scenario: Formal & informal settlements
  • Completely independent
  • Exercise: Role of the FOS

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

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