Financial Services Act 2012 by the Financial Conduct Authority. Knowingly or deliberately making false or misleading statements in relation to benchmark-setting became a criminal offence. Laws relating to charitable industrial and provident societies were revised! Financial Services Act 2012 The Financial Services Act 2012 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which implements a new regulatory framework for the financial system and financial services in the UK. It replaces the Financial Services Authority with two new regulators, namely the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, and creates the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England. This framework went
Black Book (company) Black Book (company) Black Book, also known as Black Book Market Research, is a Tampa, Florida technology and services market research and opinion research company. The company provides competitive intelligence, market research, opinion mining and related consulting services for brand, product and service awareness tracking. The company also provides private polling services for media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal. The company is privately owned by Douglas Brown, who also serves as the group's CEO. Black Book was founded in 2002 by Doug Brown, who along with then partner Scott Wilson founded sister company