Compliance & Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged to be clear with the industry about what actions will be required when its Consumer Duty comes into force. The regulator said it plans to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working with HM Treasury to assess whether further legislation is required to regulate appointed representative (AR) regimes. In early December the regulator announced proposals for tighter...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expects the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy to stabilise due to actions it is taking in its three-year strategy plan. However compensation levels are still expected...

The financial services industry needs to do more to create "psychologically safe" environments in order to better attract neurodivergent talent, according to Georgina Philippou senior adviser for equality at the Financial Conduct...

A financial adviser who had debts of more than £300,000 after conducting the improper sale of insurance policies has been handed a nine-year bankruptcy order. Marc Jones, 42, from Whitchurch in Cardiff,...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Laura Dawes and Dominic Cashman as directors of authorisation and is reforming its process to speed up decision-making. The regulator has faced complaints from the...

Phil Jeynes is responding to the report and independent research published by advice firm LifeSearch last month about the quality of non-advised protection sales.   According to Swiss Re’s 2021 Term and...

Consumers should seek regulated advice rather than listen to 'finfluncers' when making important financial decisions, according to LifeSearch chairman Tom Baigrie. Recent years have given rise to the 'finfluencer' - an influencer...

Protection insurance planning could come under greater scrutiny from customers as a result of chancellor Rishi Sunak's failure to properly address the country's cost of living crisis, advisers have warned. They also...

The chancellor should have used his Spring Statement address to incentivise private medical insurance to tackle record NHS wait times, according to David Middleton, chairman of the Association of Medical Insurers and...