The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed doubling the minimum fee it charges firms including advisers and intermediaries to be regulated each year. From April 2022 it is proposing to increase its...
Read moreManulife Philippines has appointed Rajeev Kumar as chief financial officer (CFO) and Maya Lee as chief operations officer (COO). Kumar (pictured right) will be responsible for optimising the company’s financial performance, including...
Read moreA senior Treasury minister has told the finance industry he wants UK regulators to be proactive when considering online risks, but did not discuss why the government is ignoring calls to ban...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is transferring powers for some of its regulatory interventions down to senior managers within the organisation from the Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC). It says doing so, which...
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has praised how firms adapted to the pandemic but emphasised seven key points they must focus on as hybrid and other working models are growing in popularity....
Read moreReassured has appointed James Turnbull to the newly-created post of chief digital officer (CDO). The broker firm said the move was intended to strengthen the executive team in line with new product...
Read moreJohnny Timpson has been appointed financial services sector ambassador for bereavement support service GriefChat. Timpson will be tasked with helping the organisation partner with financial services firms to improve vulnerable customer support,...
Read moreThe UK government is launching an independent review into potential biases built into medical devices and how they affect patients of different genders and ethnicity. The Department for Health and Social Care...
Read moreLV= has revealed its new business unit is loss-making and the insurer requires around £100m worth of investment to bring it back up to scratch. The insurer’s strategic review conducted in 2020...
Read moreThe Conservative government has been accused of "picking the pockets" of the country's poorest pensioners following a change to its plans for the social care cap announced in September. It was originally...
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