FCA updates social media comms guidance for era of financial influencers

17 July 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is updating its existing guidance on social media and customer communications to better protect consumers ...

Health and protection adviser FCA fees rate up 2%

17 July 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revised down its fee rate for advisers operating in the health and protection insurance ...

NAO to investigate FCA preparations for AI and other future challenges

10 July 2023

The National Audit Office (NAO) will investigate the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) over its effectiveness and readiness to meet future ...

SIP obtains post-Brexit direct authorisation under FCA

4 July 2023

SIP Medical Family Office has obtained direct authorisation under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following Brexit. The move means that ...

Paradigm Protect adds Cirencester Friendly to panel

Paradigm adds Consumer Duty test to its CPD Academy

4 July 2023

Mortgage, protection and compliance services distributor Paradigm has added a Consumer Duty test to their CPD Academy Test Zone and ...

Quilter profits slump and advisers depart despite protection income boost

Pure protection sales slide amid decline in advised CI sales with mortgage protection

28 June 2023

The number of pure protection sales marginally decreased over the past year amid a decline in advised critical illness sales ...

FCA expects firms to monitor Consumer Duty outcomes from day one

28 June 2023

While firms' Consumer Duty processes do not have to be "perfect" from day one, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) does ...

FCA cancels protection adviser’s permissions for unpaid fees

12 June 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled the permissions of protection and mortgage advice firm Ozen Financial Services Ltd (OFSL) ...

MorganAsh updates adviser tool for Consumer Duty vulnerability requirements

MorganAsh adds nurse support services to MARS vulnerability tool

9 June 2023

MorganAsh has added a new nurse support service to its MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) to support advisers in providing help ...

FCA repeated Keydata failings on LCF scandal, warns Complaints Commissioner

Whistleblowers ‘brushed aside’ by FCA with ‘no real consequences’ for culprits

5 May 2023

Whistleblowers have criticised the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for how it handles the whistleblowing process feeling their concerns were "brushed ...

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