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.
Read more ...FCA staff to meet with BSPS victims
- 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.
Read more ...FCA to regulate funeral plans from July
- Friday, 05 November 2021
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The FCA has confirmed that it will begin regulating pre-paid funeral plans from 29 July.
Read more ...FCA says data-led strategy will bring 'profound' change
- Wednesday, 03 November 2021
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The Financial Conduct Authority says its plans to become a 'data-led' regulator will mean "profound" change.
Read more ...Regulators unite to tackle climate change issues
- Thursday, 28 October 2021
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Financial services regulators have joined forces to address the attitude and approach of financial services firms to climate change.
Read more ...FCA revamps rules for MiFID investment firms
- Friday, 22 October 2021
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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).
Read more ...AIC calls for KIDs to be suspended
- Friday, 22 October 2021
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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.
Read more ...FCA handling of BSPS transfers' debacle faces NAO probe
- Wednesday, 20 October 2021
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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.
Read more ...FCA fines Credit Suisse £147m for 'tainted' loans
- Wednesday, 20 October 2021
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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.
Read more ...FCA pushes 950 DB transfer advice customers to FSCS
- Tuesday, 19 October 2021
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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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