The FCA has obtained a bankruptcy order against an unauthorised WhatsApp-based investment adviser after he failed to pay £530,000 in compensation to his victims.

The FCA has provisionally fined pension transfer financial adviser Geoffrey Edward Armin £1.28m for a number of advice failings.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed changes it its decision-making process to enable it to make faster decisions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on proposals to improve transparency on the diversity of company boards and their executive management teams.

The FCA has banned former Quilter appointed rep David Nicholas King indefinitely after he was convicted of a number of theft offences.

The Financial Conduct Authority has secured £25m more compensation for 4,500 investors in the failed Park First scheme which saw investments sold to a number of SIPP investors.

The FCA has dropped it second advice suitability review due to probe retirement advice after reviewing its post-pandemic workload, the regulator confirmed today.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to open three new regional offices by the end of 2021.

The regulator announced the move in its 2021-22 Business Plan released this morning, saying that it is developing a national location strategy as it looks to promote its role as a “regulator for the whole of the UK”.

At present the FCA has offices in London and Edinburgh.

The FCA said it is exploring opening an office in Leeds with at least 100 staff based there in the first phase. The regulator said it is currently working on what functions and precise numbers the Leeds office will have.

The Bank of England is also looking to open an office in the city, moving some of its London staff to create a new hub. The Treasury also recently announced plans in the Spring Budget to create a new campus in Darlington and make Leeds the headquarters for the UK’s new infrastructure bank. 

The regulator added that it plans to establish a presence in Belfast and Cardiff for the first time by the end of the year.

The regulator also plans to double its headcount in Edinburgh to over 200 over the next 2 years.

In its business plan the regulator also announced that it will begin a review of the scope and coverage of Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS). 

The regulator said its review of the FSCS will be just one of many changes as part of its commitment to be a more innovative, adaptive and assertive regulator.

The FCA has banned former IFA Matthew Creed, a director of financial advisory firm AAA Management Ltd, from performing any regulated activity following an investigation into his bankruptcy.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today fined Lloyds Banking Group’s general insurance arm nearly £91m for false promises on renewal premiums over an eight year period.