Investment fund information
On January 18, 2011, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced that it is fining Barclays for failing to take reasonable care to ensure the suitability of its advice to some investment customers in relation to two investment funds. Over 12,000 of our customers invested in these two funds and we are now working with a firm of accountants as part of an independent review to determine how many customers have been affected.
This site provides more details around the announcement, including text, video and audio versions of our statement and the hotline number to call if you believe you may be affected, plus an FAQ.
Dedicated phone line
If you need more information to find out if your investment is affected, you may call our dedicated telephone line1 :
0800 587 7495
What happened?
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Paul McNamara, Managing Director of Insurance and Investments, Barclays said: |
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| "We stopped selling these investment products two years ago and, since discovering the issue, we have been working hard to ensure this does not happen again. We have reviewed and made improvements to our sales and advice processes, our level of training and supervision of advisers and the documentation provided to customers. "Over 12,000 of our customers invested in these two funds and we are working with a firm of accountants as part of an independent review to determine how many have been affected. Separately, wherever we find any discrepancies as part of our comprehensive internal audit of the investment process, we will of course contact customers directly." |
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Frequently asked questions
What did Barclays do wrong that they are being fined by the FSA?
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced that it is fining Barclays for failing to take reasonable care to ensure the suitability of its advice regarding two funds sold to customers between July 2006 and November 2008: the Aviva Global Balanced Income Fund and the Aviva Global Cautious Income Fund. We are focused on ensuring that we identify those sales of the funds which were unsuitable and providing appropriate compensation to ensure that affected customers do not suffer loss.
How many people might be disadvantaged?
We are following a careful process to identify the specific customers who may have received unsuitable advice. About 12,000 of our 15 million customers invested in the funds.
What are you doing to put this right?
We continue to work with a firm of accountants to conduct a case-by-case review to determine who may have been affected. We will contact all such customers in due course, but if you have any immediate questions, please contact our hotline on 0800 587 7495.
We have also reviewed and made improvements to our sales and advice processes, our level of training and supervision of advisers and the documentation provided to customers to ensure this does not happen again.
Downloads
| Download the statement as a PDF 2 |
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| Download the Frequently asked questions as a PDF 2 |
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| Download the video as an audio file |
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