Regulation

Barclays has reported a 15% rise in Q3 profit but also set aside £500m for potential fines relating to manipulation of foreign exchange markets.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to launch a criminal inquiry into Tesco after its accounting failure led the firm to overstate profits by £263m, according to reports.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has begun criminal proceedings against broker Noel Cryan in connection with the manipulation of the London inter-bank offered rate (LIBOR).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to limit the distribution of mutual society shares to 'sophisticated' or high net worth investors, unless specific requirements have been met.

A former Positive Solutions adviser has been ordered to repay £55,000 to the clients she stole from.

A group of investors in troubled overseas property scheme Harlequin have dropped a case against the scheme's chairman David Ames, and his company director wife Carol, that alleged the pair made false claims about the investment.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking to ban and fine an adviser £290,000 for a series of failings, including that he falsified the signatures of two clients to register them as 'sophisticated' investors.

How the regulator is striving to bust myths about its rules

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has so far paid out £21.2m in claims related to the collapse of adviser network Alpha 2 Omega (A2O) after finding widespread mis-selling of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS).

The Bank of England's Sir Jon Cunliffe has warned bankers they are paid too much and should expect a salary cut following a sharp drop in banks' profits.