Prudential Regulation Authority Rulebook

3.1

Each of the responsibilities set out in this rule is an SIMR prescribed responsibility:

1. (1) responsibility for ensuring that the firm has complied with its obligation in Large Non-Solvency II Firms - Fitness and Propriety 2.1 to ensure that every person who performs a key function (including every person in respect of whom an application under section 59 of FSMA is made) is a fit and proper person;
2. (2) responsibility for leading the development of the firm’s culture by the governing body as a whole;
3. (3) responsibility for overseeing the adoption of the firm’s culture in the day-to-day management of the firm;
4. (4) responsibility for the production and integrity of the firm’s financial information and its regulatory reporting;
5. (5) responsibility for management of the allocation and maintenance of the firm’s:
1. (a) capital; and
2. (b) liquidity;
6. (6) responsibility for the development and maintenance of the firm’s business model by the governing body;
7. (7) responsibility for leading the development and monitoring effective implementation of policies and procedures for the induction, training and professional development of all members of the firm’s governing body;
8. (8) responsibility for monitoring effective implementation of policies and procedures for the induction, training and professional development of all of the firm’s key function holders (other than members of the firm’s governing body);
9. (9) responsibility for oversight of the independence, autonomy and effectiveness of the firm’s policies and procedures on whistleblowing including the procedures for protection of staff who raise concerns from detrimental treatment; and
10. (10) responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of the firm’s remuneration policies and practices.