The FCA has revealed that its Consumer Duty priorities for the coming months will include looking at targeted support for pension savers.

More than a third of advice firms believe there has been no progress towards the Consumer Duty’s products and services outcome.

The Consumer Duty Alliance, the not-for-profit industry group supporting advisers with their duty commitments, has launched a free diagnostic tool.

The FCA has given one of its strongest hints yet that reform of the Consumer Duty is on the way and what direction it might take.

The FCA gave the broadest hint yet this week that it is ready to reform the Consumer Duty and cut out some of the unnecessary red tape.

Some investment and SIPP providers have been retaining interest earned on cash-holdings to subsidise loss-making platforms, according to an FCA study published today.

Nearly three in 10 Financial Planners (28%) surveyed in an exclusive poll for Financial Planning Today say they have cut the number of clients they serve as a result of the Consumer Duty.