Regulation

Efforts to stamp out tax evasion appear to be working after figures showed the number of ‘serious' cases hit a five year low.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued a number of clarifications on the updated tax rebate position following requests from providers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked Hargreaves Lansdown to disclose details of its negotiations with fund groups over clean share class pricing.

A former UBS and Citigroup trader, one of three men arrested in December as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and City of London Police investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR, has been charged.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is set to begin the first criminal prosecution in the LIBOR-rigging scandal and could charge a former UBS and Citigroup trader this week, The Times reports.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning investors considering paying money to any of the companies in the Harlequin group "to do so with caution".

The Co-operative Bank has reached agreement with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to plug a £1.5bn capital hole in its balance sheet.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is probing the potential manipulation of currency markets, following revelations a number of traders at leading banks have rigged exchange rates.

Higher risk, esoteric products can no longer be sold to ordinary investors.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Xcap Securities, a retail investment and capital markets business, £120,900 for failing to adequately protect client money and client assets.