Advisers demand FCA fines be used to cut costs after record year

Carmen Reichman
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Financial advisers are renewing calls for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make better use of the 'exceptionally severe' fines it levies on the industry, including by using them to cut regulatory costs.

The regulator raised a record £1.47bn in fines last year, 68% more than in the previous year, according to new research. Under current arrangements, cash raised from fines is passed to the Treasury. However, advisers argued it could be used to supplement the annual levy raised from the industry. Related reading: Advisers renew calls for product levy to ease FSCS pain The annual FCA levy on advisers, which also covers the running costs of the Ombudsman service and Money Advice Service (MAS), is set to increase by 10.2% to £74.9m for the coming year, according to proposals p...

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