SIFA 3.5 Keeping up-to-date with handbook changes

Handbook Notices and Handbook Development Newsletters are an important means of keeping up-to-date with changes to the Handbook and regulatory issues. We publish these on the FSA website and include them in the monthly CD-ROM.

We publish the Handbook Notice after each monthly FSA Board meeting. It summarises and explains the additions and changes to the Handbook made by the Board at its meeting. The Handbook Notice also includes Policy Statements where we are not publishing them separately (usually for minor amendments that do not warrant a separate Policy Statement).

The Handbook Development Newsletter summarises Consultation and Discussion Papers and Policy Statements we have issued over the preceding month. It also lists forthcoming publications with expected month of issue and gives other information, such as training offered by us to the industry.

The 'FSA Library' on our website contains recent FSA publications, such as Discussion Papers (DPs), Consultation Papers (CPs) and Policy Statements (PSs).

The 'Doing business with the FSA' pages on our website contain information for small firms. This includes FSA newsletters and the latest regulatory news, events and announcements. There is also a catalogue of useful information such as good practice material (for example, on selecting a compliance consultant).

We organise conferences, training workshops and other events to update firms on regulatory priorities and current developments. Details of these events are given in the Handbook Development Newsletters and on our website. You can contact our Events team on 020 7066 0098 if you want to find out more. Chapter 19 of the Guide details other sources of information.

Trade associations, newspapers and magazines also have an important role in summarising regulatory developments and keeping smaller investment intermediaries informed of changes.