Bailey defends FCA approach to contingent charging
- Tuesday, 14 June 2022
- Articles
Former head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Andrew Bailey has defended the delay to banning contingent charging.
Read more...Nicola Watts: The irreplaceable quality Financial Planners offer
- Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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What quality matters most to our clients? Whatever else comes along, no machine or tool will ever replace empathy and that's the quality that all of our clients seek.
Read more...Editor’s Column: Could LCF have been spotted earlier?
- Friday, 12 February 2021
- Articles
There is little doubt that in 2018 the FCA’s call centre was in a mess. Demoralised, poorly trained staff were inundated with a barrage of calls from consumers, some of them angry and abusive, even racist and homophobic.
Read more...Nicola Watts: LCF, the FCA and the FSCS – what a debacle!
- Wednesday, 10 February 2021
- Comment
Monday saw a grilling of Andrew Bailey, former CEO of the FCA, by Treasury Committee MPs regarding missed opportunities for the early detection of problems at the failed mini-bond provider London Capital & Finance.
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