The launch of a new FCA and TPR campaign to boost awareness of pensions scams has been welcomed by the profession.
The FCA, alongside 11 financial regulators and related organisations, has today announced the creation of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), building on the regulator’s proposal to create a ‘global sandbox’.
The Upper Tribunal has upheld an FCA decision to fine and ban Alistair Burns, chief executive of advice firm TailorMade Independent Limited, as it was confirmed that the FSCS compensation bill for his failed business could hit £106.5m.
At first glance, how the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to improve retirement outcomes for non-advised consumers may appear of little relevance to advisers. And with no short supply of regulatory changes affecting their businesses’, many advisers might have concluded that the time spent reading CP18/17 was more a luxury than a necessity.
A new report, by the FCA Practitioner Panel, has highlighted that the regulator has room for improvement in international regulation and Brexit.
The FCA’s Brexit head Nausicaa Delfas says the regulator is ready for all potential outcomes of the final Brexit negotiations, including a ‘cliff-edge’ or hard Brexit.
A financial services alliance, with a combined global membership of 200,000, has called on the FCA to “do more to support professionalism in UK financial services.”
The FCA, alongside the Bank of England and Prudential Regulation Authority, has published a joint discussion paper on the resilience of firms in the face of hackers and cyber-attacks.
The Financial Conduct Authority may introduce a cap on drawdown charges as it announces a package of measures to trackle potential 'harm' from the Pension Freedoms.
The FCA has today published the latest analysis from its Financial Lives study which surveyed nearly 13,000 across the UK and revealed stark financial differences between urban and rural dwellers.
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