FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made a number of recommendations changes to the ways firms handle consumer complaints, following a review of 15 financial firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was born in the aftermath of a crisis, so that is all it knows, but it has laid the groundwork for making markets work well again, its chairman John-Griffith Jones is expected to say in a speech on Thursday.

The framework for an advice profession has been clearly established by the regulator and professional bodies, it is now up to advisers to make the leap, Rory Percival told delegates.

Sesame, the UK's largest network of financial advisers, has been fined £1.6m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for setting up a pay-to-play scheme that "undermined the ban on commission payments brought in by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR)"....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new requirements for selling mutual society shares to ordinary retail investors.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an Innovation Hub, part of Project Innovate, which now open and offering support to ‘innovators' in the financial services industry.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has discontinued an investigation into whether a distribution deal between Partnership Assurance and an advisory firm contravened its rules on incentives, according to the provider.

There was a 61% jump in the number of financial promotions withdrawn or amended by the FCA in the last year, from 204 in 2012/13 up to 328 in 2013/14, according to Bovill, the specialist financial services regulatory consultancy.

Simplified advice should not be restricted to those who have cleared their debts and had other ‘priority needs' met if the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is serious about closing the advice gap, according to a law firm.

Major life changes may be a trigger to review protection. But, writes Adam Higgs, investor clients should also be prepared.