Complaints
1. Introduction
Parkwalk Advisors Limited (“Parkwalk”) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom. We are required to have in place effective and transparent procedures for the reasonable and prompt handling of complaints received from complainants.
This document sets out the complaints handling procedures that we will follow in the event that you, as an investor, make a complaint.
2. Does this policy apply to you?
We will apply this policy to you if you are either a retail client or an eligible complainant. An eligible complainant is defined as:
- a private individual;
- a “micro-enterprise” – a business that has fewer than 10 employees and a turnover/annual balance sheet not exceeding 2m euros;
- a charity which has an annual income of less than £1 million; or
- a trustee of a trust which has a net asset value of less than £1 million at the time that you refer the complaint to us.
Please note, however, that if you are not an eligible complainant you will not be able to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (“FOS”) if you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your complaint.
3. How can you make a complaint?
You can make a complaint by any reasonable means – for example, letter, fax, email, telephone or in person. It is free of charge to complain.
4. What will we do once we receive your complaint?
Your complaint will be referred to our Compliance Officer, Ms Kathy Samii, as soon as possible. In the event that the Compliance Officer is involved in the subject matter of the complaint, your complaint will be referred to another director of Parkwalk.
We will promptly acknowledge your complaint in writing. In this acknowledgement we will provide the name and title of the person that is handling your complaint. We have given this individual the authority necessary to investigate and settle the complaint. We will also include a copy of this policy.
5. Investigating and resolving your complaint
We will investigate your complaint fairly, consistently and promptly, determine whether the complaint should be upheld, and (if appropriate) determine remedial action and / or redress. We will set out our conclusions in a final response to you.
6. Our timetable for responding to you
Once we have acknowledged your complaint we will keep you informed of our progress. Within eight weeks of us receiving your complaint we will send you either a final response or a written response which explains why we are not in a position to make a final response to you and when we might be expected to provide one
7. Financial Ombudsman Service
If you are an eligible complainant, you are able to refer a complaint to the FOS if you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint. Your rights are set out in the FOS’s leaflet Your Complaint and the Ombudsman. Please remember that if you wish to refer a complaint to the FOS, you must do so within 6 months of us sending you our Final Response.
We will fully cooperate with the FOS, and will promptly comply with any settlements or awards made by it.
8. Closing complaints
We will regard your complaint as closed in the following circumstances:
- once we have sent you a final response; or
- where you have told us in writing that you accept an earlier response that we have sent to you; or
- if you refer your complaint to the FOS, when the FOS informs us that the complaint has been closed.
9. Questions
If you have any questions about our complaints process, you can contact our Compliance Officer, Ms Kathy Samii in one of the following ways:
Parkwalk Advisors Limited
University House
11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place
London
SW1W 0EX
020 7759 2294
