The FCA says standards of regulatory practice among appointed representatives (ARs) are improving but there is “more to do.”

Standard Life has launched a new blended income/maturity value, retirement-focused product designed to help early retirees bridge the gap between scaling back work and the State Pension.

The government-backed Money and Pensions Service (MAPS) has today launched Pension Wise Digital, a digital version of its face to face service, to expand its free guidance offering to more people.

The FCA has banned four financial advisers, three provisionally, over “reckless” pension transfer advice which has so far cost £13.4m in compensation payments.

The acquisition of platform provider Hargreaves Lansdown by a private equity-led consortium has moved a step closer today as the scheme of arrangement was officially confirmed.

Only just over 1 in 10 (13%) of cryptoasset authorisation applications were approved by the FCA in 2023-24, according to the regulator’s annual report.

The FCA doubled the number of firm authorisations it cancelled in the 2023-24 financial year.

FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi received a 3.3% increase in his total remuneration in 2023/34 - in line with salary increases for many FCA staff, according to the FCA's Annual Report.

A deal to sell off failed IFA Nexus Independent Financial Advisers (FRN 584769) of Fareham, Hants, has taken far longer than expected and the sale price has been cut substantially.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter has acquired app-based fintech NuWealth to open up new opportunities in hybrid digital advice.