Regulations · Prudential

UK IFPR reporting requirements

The Investment Firm Prudential Regime is the FCA's prudential rulebook for MiFID investment firms. It sets own funds requirements, K-factor calculations, the ICARA process and public disclosures, each with reporting attached.

REGREP is an independent software provider. This page explains the framework in plain language and is not legal or regulatory advice — confirm your firm's categorisation and requirements with the FCA rules that apply to you.

Framework factsUK
Instrument
FCA MIFIDPRU
Scope
FCA-authorised MiFID investment firms
Reporting artefacts
Prudential returns · ICARA · Pillar 3 disclosures
Format
FCA regulatory reporting
Supervisor
Financial Conduct Authority
Penalties
FCA supervisory and enforcement powers for breach or misreporting
In plain language

What UK IFPR asks of you

The short version: what the framework requires, who it applies to and when it bites.

What it requires

Firms calculate own funds and the higher of their permanent minimum, fixed overheads and K-factor requirements, then report and disclose the result.

Who it applies to

FCA-authorised MiFID investment firms, with obligations scaled by whether a firm is a small and non-interconnected firm or not.

When it applies

On the FCA's reporting cycle, with the ICARA process run at least annually and reviewed whenever the business changes materially.

Obligations

What has to be done

Supervisory and enforcement consequences follow from the FCA Handbook, including MIFIDPRU.

ObligationWhat it means in practice
Calculate own fundsDetermine own funds and their composition against the regime's eligibility rules.
Compute K-factorsCalculate the applicable K-factor requirements from client, market and firm activity metrics, and monitor them as the business changes.
Run the ICARA processAssess harms, set own funds and liquidity adequacy, and document the assessment so it can be evidenced to the supervisor.
Submit prudential returnsFile the required returns to the FCA on the applicable cycle, in the format the FCA collects.
Publish Pillar 3 disclosuresProduce the public disclosures the regime requires, consistent with what the returns report.
How REGREP automates it

From your data to a validated filing

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Pillar 1 Capital & Returns

Continuous K-factor monitoring, own funds and requirement calculations, and the prudential return templates that follow from them.

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Pillar 2 ICARA

Structure the ICARA process — harm scenarios, own funds and liquidity adequacy — and produce a versioned, evidenced pack.

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Pillar 3 Disclosures

Generate the public disclosure pack directly from your Pillar 1 figures, with a consistency check before publication.

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Related to UK IFPR

Use case

IFR / IFPR K-factor monitoring

How investment firms keep K-factors current instead of rediscovering them at quarter end.

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Guide

Prudential reporting guide

Plain-language explainers on IFPR, IFR and the prudential returns that sit behind them.

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Product

Prudential reporting modules

See the full IFR/IFPR module set, from Pillar 1 monitoring through to disclosures.

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FAQ

Questions, answered

How does UK IFPR differ from the EU IFR?
They share a common design — own funds, K-factors, an internal adequacy process and disclosures — because the UK regime was built from the same starting point. The rulebooks, categorisations and reporting formats have since diverged, so a firm reporting in both files each separately.
What is the ICARA process?
The Internal Capital Adequacy and Risk Assessment process: the firm identifies the harms it could cause or suffer, decides what own funds and liquidity it needs, and evidences that assessment. It is run at least annually and revisited when the business changes materially.
Is there a free tier for prudential reporting?
Yes, on Pillar 1: a free monitoring dashboard with alerts, data templates and history, which may hold real production data. Pillar 2 and Pillar 3 are paid modules with no free tier.
Does one subscription cover my whole group?
No. Each subscription covers one regulated entity. Group or multi-entity arrangements are handled as a Solution Layers engagement.

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