The FCA is consulting on plans to significantly strengthen regulation of appointed representatives (ARs) after analysis showed firms employing appointed reps suffered four times as many complaints as firms not using appointed reps. 

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Wednesday, 10 November 2021
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Financial Conduct Authority staff are making another trip to Wales to meet steelworkers who could be due compensation due to unsuitable DB transfer advice.

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The FCA has confirmed that it will begin regulating pre-paid funeral plans from 29 July.

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The Financial Conduct Authority says its plans to become a 'data-led' regulator will mean "profound" change.

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Financial services regulators have joined forces to address the attitude and approach of financial services firms to climate change.

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The FCA has today published final rules to “streamline and simplify” the prudential requirements for solo-regulated UK firms authorised under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). 

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The Association of Investment Companies has criticised proposed FCA reform to Key Information Documents (KIDs) as “tinkering around the edges” and wants KIDs suspended prior to major reform.

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The National Audit Office, the UK’s independent public spending watchdog, is to investigate the FCA’s handling of the British Steel Pension Scheme restructuring.

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The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Credit Suisse £147m for serious financial crime due diligence failings over £940m of “tainted” loans to Mozambique.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to 3,591 DB transfer advice customers of 10 advice firms to encourage them to make a claim via the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

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