UK's Financial Services Authority Statement For Firms On Swine Flu

In light of the recent outbreak of influenza in Mexico and subsequent reports from the World Health Organisation, the FSA believes that regulated firms should be assessing their contingency plans to consider what steps they may need to take to address possible issues.

The FSA is already contacting the 'high impact' firms including infrastructure providers that it regulates to establish whether the influenza outbreak is affecting any aspects of their business.

In 2006 the FSA ran a market wide business continuity exercise that was based on a pandemic scenario. A document summarising the lessons learned from the exercise can be found here.

Additional information can be found on the Tripartite Authorities' website: www.fsc.gov.uk