Apricity is the new kid on the compliance block! Quite simply, we offer support to help advisers and planners and their firms be compliant in as simple a manner as possible.

Having been created after listening to advisers frustrated with their existing compliance support (insight from our sister company, outsourced paraplanning company Para-Sols), we understand first-hand that legislation and FCA guidance can be difficult to navigate. And so, Apricity was designed to be something truly unique, to support directly authorised firms who want to focus their time on giving amazing advice to their clients.

Our two missions are…
1. To help you set up your business so that all future output is naturally compliant; and
2. To make your compliance experience positive, helpful, even enjoyable!

It’s a big ask. It means completely changing the face of ‘compliance’ as we now know it, but we think we’re the right people for the job.

• Advice pre regulatory risk assessment or supervision visit
• Authorisation - PRA
• Authorisation -FCA
• Client Assets
• Complaints Handling Reviews
• Compliance advice
• Compliance Support
• Compliance Training
• Documentation
• Due Diligence
• Enforcement Action - AML and Payment Services
• Enforcement Action - Financial Services
• Expert Witness - AML and Payment Services
• Expert Witness - Financial Services
• File Review
• Health Checks
• Management training & support, Staff training
• Marketing and Business Development
• Mis-selling Reviews
• Money Laundering/Financial Crime Advice and Reviews
• Payments Services Registration and Compliance
• Pension Reviews
• Regulatory and Examination Training and Coaching
• Regulatory Returns Assistance
• Regulatory Updates
• Shadow s.166 reviews
• Skilled Person Panel - Data & IT Infrastructure
• Skilled Person Panel - Client Assets
• Skilled Person Panel - Conduct of Business
• Skilled Person Panel - Financial Crime
• Skilled Person Panel - Governance, Controls & Risk Frameworks
• Skilled Person Panel - Prudential – Investment Firms, Intermediaries & RIE

• Authorised Professional Persons
• Banks/Deposit Takers
• Building Societies
• Claims Management Companies
• Collective Investments Funds
• Company Service Providers
• Consumer Credit Providers
• Corporate Finance Firms
• Credit Unions
• Custodians/Depositaries
• Discretionary fund managers
• Electronic Money Issuers
• Energy Market Participants
• Friendly Societies
• High Value Dealers
• IFA (incl IFA divisions of financial institutions)
• Institutional investment management
• Insurance Brokers - General
• Insurance Brokers - Pure Protection Products
• Insurers
• Investment Banks
• Lead generation firms
• Lloyds
• Money Service Businesses
• Mortgage Brokers
• Mortgage Lenders/Administrators
• Multi lateral trading facility
• Payments Services Institutions
• Pension Scheme Operator/Provider
• Private Client investment management
• Recruitment of Regulatory Staff ( Registered Recruiter)
• Restricted financial advisers
• Retail investment management
• Sale and Rent Back
• Secondary Intermediaries
• Securities and Futures firms
• SIPP providers
• Stockbrokers
• System suppliers
• Third party product providers
• Trade associations, professional bodies and regulators
• Travel Insurers
• Trust Service Providers