Regulation

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has criticised a high street bank for improperly classifying a risk-averse couple as ‘experienced' investors, and ordered it to re-calculate its initial offer of compensation.

A website is offering telemarketers access to hundreds of individuals it claims are interested in transferring their pots, for a small fee.

Stewart Ford is seeking £650m in damages from the financial regulator and administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for "causing" the collapse of Keydata, the investment firm he founded and which attracted almost £500m of investors' capital.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has indicated it plans to fine former Keydata chief executive Stewart Ford £75m and ban him from any role in financial services for failings related to the investments' sales and, ultimately, failure.

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An adviser fined and banned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for recommending unsuitable investments to lower income clients is working as an adviser to expatriate clients in Dubai and the Middle East.

A victim of convicted fraudster financial adviser Chris Bladen is fighting banking giant HSBC for compensation, alleging the bank failed to recognise he 'forged' signatures on his account.

Advisers' contribution to funding government retirement guidance service Pension Wise should be reduced because they are not benefitting from its existence as much as anticipated, according to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA)....

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined a financial adviser for making unsuitable recommendations of high-risk and often unregulated investments.