Explanatory Notes

Financial Services Act 2010

2010 CHAPTER 28

8 April 2010

Summary and Overview of the Structure of the Act

Remuneration of executives of authorised persons

11.The Act gives the Treasury power to make provision for executive remuneration reports, and imposes a new duty on the FSA to make general rules requiring authorised persons (or a specified class of authorised persons) to have and implement a remuneration policy and to secure that the remuneration policy satisfies the requirements set out in the Act. It also provides the FSA with other powers in relation to remuneration.