The FCA has cancelled the Part 4A permission to carry out regulated business of Kent-based IFA The Pentagon Partnership (FRN: 627747).

Two individuals running a fake investment scam - which used clone websites and other methods to target investors - have been convicted by the FCA for their roles in a £1.5m fraud.

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 has issued a warning notice that it is preparing to take action against high profile fund manager Crispin Odey for demonstrating a "lack of integrity."

The FCA has fined Kristo Käärmann, the CEO of Wise plc and senior manager of Wise Assets UK Ltd, £350,000 for breaching a senior manager conduct rule. 

MCI Global Investments Advisors Limited, which manages the Novus Black alternative investment fund, has entered Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation.

Firms in the retail investments sector, which includes most financial advice firms, had one of the lowest levels of satisfaction with their relationship with the FCA.

The FCA has halted ISA business at crowd-funding platform Nextcrowd over concerns about potential “serious regulatory breaches.”

The FCA is interviewing 20 finfluencers under caution as part of a “targeted action” against illegal financial influencers.  

The FCA has launched an AI Lab to help the firms it regulates build and implement artificial intelligence solutions.