Advisers and providers share the burden of responsibility for managing potential conflicts of interest, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said in a guidance paper out today.

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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is expected to reach its conclusion on whether the merger of Australian data and software provider IRESS with technology provider Avelo would hinder competition in the market in February.

Outside analysts have cost the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) £76,885 since June, for work done predominantly on consumer credit.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and City of London Police have arrested three people in connection with a fresh boiler room investigation.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hired Maggie Craig, a former director of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), as an adviser on policy issues.

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has said the regulator regrets the time it took between the conception of a Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in 2006 and the roll-out of new rules more than six years later....

Advisers have generally benefited from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) as their revenues have increased and they are more professional and better qualified, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is finding it difficult to measure the true effects of the ‘advice gap' but will make it a priority over the coming year, according to chief executive Martin Wheatley.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will not reimburse advisers for previously 'overpaid' fees if the proposal to cut regulatory costs from next year comes into force, chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.