Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has declared the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), its "once in a generation" project to revamp the retail investment advice market, is working, though some concerns remain on the costs and labels of advisers' services....

The Co-operative Bank has failed a "stress test" carried out by the Bank of England designed to see if the banking sector could withstand another financial crisis.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has published details of the criteria advisers will need to meet before they can be listed on the website's directory.

Small firm consolidation in the financial advice market has yet to materialise as predicted because many owners are "hanging on" to the trail commission they earn on pre-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) business, according to one acquirer.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former BlackRock managing director Jonathan Burrows for dodging rail fares worth £43,000.

Wealth management firms say they are being "crippled" by suitability requirements as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) increases its scrutiny of the sector.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured almost all of the disputed tax due from the first group of tax avoidance scheme users to receive Accelerated Payment notices.

An IFA has launched a petition calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ban unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) outright.

Three things that changed advice forever in 2014

Morningstar head of portfolio management Dan Kemp has branded risk targeting strategies "lunacy", saying they force managers to sell assets at a time when investors will lose the most money.