Regulation

National advice firm Chase de Vere has reached a settlement with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for an undisclosed sum to deal with claims of poor advice in relation to its sale of Keydata products.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has uncovered widespread shortcomings in consumer credit promotions, such as payday loan advertisements.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Martin Brokers (Martins) £630,000 for misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

Two investors are taking TenetConnect to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) after unsuccessfully trying to retrieve money lost due to what they claim was negligent advice to invest in an unregulated overseas property scheme.

Proposals that will see fund managers break down profits and losses in pounds and pence figures for the first time have been approved by the Financial Reporting Council.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning notice to a director of an appointed representative (AR) firm for promoting and arranging unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) despite its network not allowing UCIS business.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called on members to "abandon" using annual management charges on any literature following the regulator's guidance on fund charges.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged asset managers to move away from using the annual management charge (AMC) as their headline cost, instead pushing for a focus on the ongoing charges figure (OCF).

Lawyers representing Arch Financial Products (AFP) chief executive Robin Farrell and former compliance manager Robert Addison have cited the pair's possible inexperience in running a fast-growing organisation - not a lack of integrity - for some of the...

Have firms done enough to comply with FCA rules?