Exact entity
Identify the legal entity, trading names, official identifiers and service perimeter.
RESPONSIBLE MARKETS CONDUCT ASSOCIATION
Market conduct infrastructure for identity, evidence and redress.
RMCA is a UK non-profit association developing shared evidence, public-record and institutional-access infrastructure for financial markets.
Its work is designed to make exact legal-entity identity, regulatory scope, client protection, safeguarding, complaints and redress easier to trace, compare and understand across jurisdictions.
Interim public edition. The full RMCA framework and register services are being upgraded and published in stages.
THE ASSOCIATION
A shared evidence layer for responsible market conduct.
Financial-market information is often fragmented across company registers, regulatory records, provider disclosures, client-protection statements and complaints routes. RMCA is developing a common structure through which that information can be identified, maintained and presented with greater precision.
Regulatory scope
Show jurisdiction, regulator, permissions, restrictions and the limits of authorised activity.
Protection and safeguarding
Separate the evidence, scope and date behind client-protection or safeguarding arrangements.
Complaints and redress
Clarify complaint ownership, escalation, cooperation, remediation and redress routes.
RMCA CONDUCT EVIDENCE FRAMEWORK
From responsible-market standards to traceable evidence.
The RMCA Conduct Evidence Framework (RCEF) is being developed from the Responsible Markets RM10 standards architecture. RCEF translates ten responsible-market domains into common evidence fields, source requirements, review dates, programme rules and change-controlled public records.
RCEF is not a licence, rating or universal statement of compliance.
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Responsible Markets RM10 standards architecture
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RCEF-10 evidence dimensions
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FDRC and PSCR programme modules
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RMCA public-record architecture
RCEF-10
Ten working evidence dimensions.
Working nomenclature during the current publication and maintenance phase.
01Entity, perimeter and licence identity
02Governance, accountability and conduct culture
03Client classification, distribution and access
04Customer funds, safeguarding and protection
05AML/CFT, sanctions and KYB
06Marketing, communications and intermediaries
07Payments, withdrawals and transaction integrity
08Complaints, cooperation and remediation
09Outsourcing, technology, data and resilience
10Evidence file, annual narrative and change control
MARKET EVIDENCE OBSERVATORY
Public-source evidence before programme participation.
RMCA is preparing a public-source record series showing how exact legal-entity identity, defined scope, evidence dates, limitations and material changes are applied before any programme participation decision.
Observatory records remain distinct from programme participation. A historical, indexed or research record does not imply admission, endorsement or a current assessment.
Evidence record specimenILLUSTRATIVE
Exact entityExample Meridian Entity A
Source date14 May 20XX
Defined scopeNamed service and territory
LimitationPublic sources only
Record typeMethodology learning note
DEFINITIONS LAYER
The same words must mean the same thing across the system.
The RCEF Taxonomy is the developing definitions layer for legal entity, permission, protection, safeguarding, complaint, redress, evidence character and material change.
View the RCEF Taxonomy →01Exact legal entity
02Service perimeter
03Protection
04Safeguarding
05Redress
06Evidence date
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Research, resources and governed participation.
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Research
Foundation notes, future reports and public fact cards developed from disclosed source methods.
PUBLICATION ARCHITECTURE
01Source
02Scope
03Version
04Correction
Resources
Cross-jurisdiction questions, official-source pathways and market-conduct reference architecture.
Working groups
Proposed expert groups for entity identity, conduct, safeguarding, complaints, financial crime, data and sustainability.
IN FORMATIONPROGRAMME GATEWAYS
Two applications. One disciplined evidence architecture.
FDRC
Financial Dispute & Redress Centre
Trading-markets application of RCEF for exact entity identity, client protection, complaints, cooperation and redress evidence.
Programme site and register in maintenance
PSCR
Payments Safeguarding & Conduct Register
Payments application of RCEF for permissions, service perimeter, safeguarding, complaints and institutional evidence.
Programme site and register in maintenance
RMCA PUBLIC REGISTER
One governed record architecture. Two programme-specific views.
The RMCA Public Register is being designed as the shared institutional gateway for exact entity identity, programme records, dated sources, limitations and change history.
RMCA Public Register — shared entity identity and canonical history
View the interim register architecture →FDRC Register — trading-markets view
PSCR Register — payments and safeguarding view
MAINTENANCE STATUS
Publishing in stages.
No absence of a listing or public record during this period should be interpreted as a negative finding, a current assessment or evidence of programme participation.
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RMCA website
Interim public edition; full site upgrade in progress.
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RCEF
Framework materials in development and publication preparation.
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RMCA Public Register
Architecture and launch controls in development.
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FDRC
Programme site and register in maintenance.
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PSCR
Programme site and register in maintenance.
IMPORTANT SCOPE
Voluntary and non-statutory.
RMCA does not regulate firms, grant licences, approve or certify businesses, rank firms, guarantee safety or solvency, determine statutory rights or operate a compensation scheme. RMCA materials do not replace checks with the relevant statutory regulator, contractual documentation or independent professional advice.