Displaying items by tag: FCA
National Audit Office to probe regulation of BSPS transfers
The National Audit Office, the UK’s independent public spending watchdog, is to probe the FCA’s handling of the British Steel Pension Scheme restructuring which resulted in many steelworkers transferring their pensions into SIPPs.
3 advisers behind £5.9m SIPP transfer scam face fines
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned two IFAs and a stockbroker that they face fines and regulatory action over their alleged role in a £5.9m SIPP pension transfer scam.
Planners back FCA plan to tackle investment harm
Financial Planners have backed plans announced by the FCA in its sweeping Consumer Investments strategy released yesterday to tackle consumer investment 'harm'.
FCA pledges to cut FSCS levy - with conditions
The FCA has promised to reduce the FSCA levy from 2025 by 10% a year - but only if it can reduce the number of consumers being harmed by rogue financial services companies.
FCA confirms DB transfer redress guidance review
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that it will start a periodic review of pension transfers redress guidance by the end of 2021.
FCA pushes £26.7m SIPP provider into insolvency
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered that Cambridgeshire SIPP provider DAC Pensions Limited be placed into insolvency after the firm accepted business from unauthorised introducers without the proper vetting required by the FCA.
Moret calls on FCA for customer care measurement mechanism
Industry veteran John Moret has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer greater clarity on measurement mechanisms to aid customer care performance monitoring and benchmarking.
Investors set for £11m compensation as FCA wins Avacade appeal
The Court of Appeal has upheld findings of breaches against illegal pension introducers Alexandra Associates (UK) Limited trading as Avacade Future Solutions (AA), and Craig and Lee Lummis in a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
FCA wins £25m back for SIPP victims
The Financial Conduct Authority has secured £25m more compensation for 4,500 investors in the failed Park First scheme which saw investments sold to a number of SIPP investors.
Expect to see an FCA that looks different says Rathi
Over the next 18 months Financial Planners can expect to see a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that looks and feels different, according to the regulator’s chief executive Nikhil Rathi.