Regulation

Financial advisers are recommending foreign exchange (FX) providers without knowing how much their clients will be charged, according to an industry expert.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has handed Deutsche Bank a £227m fine, its largest ever for LIBOR and EURIBOR-related misconduct because the bank tried to hamper investigations by misleading the regulator.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI) has been fined £13.2m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for incorrectly reporting millions of transactions

A UK financial trader has been arrested over claims by the US that he helped cause the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash".

The regulator has frozen the assets of a property fund that it suspects is an elaborate scam.

The chairman of struggling overseas property investment scheme Harlequin is under fire again, this time for failing to give evidence to a court within the judge's deadline.

A law firm has launched a complaint investigation service for advisers to help them head off grievances before they reach the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

David Cameron plans to offer up to £4bn worth of Lloyds shares to retail investors if the Conservatives win the general election.

A former JP Morgan investment adviser has been accused of stealing at least $20m from clients and using the money to trade on his own account and to pay off his mortgage.

Ernst & Young (EY) has paid $10m to settle claims it was negligent in it duty as auditor when it failed to raise the alarm when Lehman Brothers was heading towards collapse.