Regulation
Pound sinks and FTSE soars as May delivers Florence Brexit speech
Calling for 'imaginative and creative' approach to negotiations
FCA turns back on equity release qualification overhaul
Will remain linked to mortgages
FCA's crackdown on use of CFDs in retail market
Risk of 'large, rapid' losses
Tyrie backs move to scrap help to buy scheme
It is 'welcome news'
Help to buy scheme to close this year, Treasury confirms
'Specific purpose successfully achieved'
FCA clarifies mortgage shortfall rules after detecting 'divergent' practice
Firms not behaving in spirit of MMR
FCA to review advice and mortgage panel deals in new market study
Regulator has concerns about competition in sector
Questions raised over Harlequin deal with claims manager
Firm mentioned in emails to investors
FCA to set PPI deadline after detecting 'false claims'
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to consult on introducing a deadline for bringing complaints about payment protection insurance (PPI) after its research showed a 'significant number' of claims brought did not include a PPI sale.
Advisers call on FCA to limit direct provider contact with clients
Advisers are calling on regulators to introduce rules restricting the contact product providers can have with their clients.
Half of advisers label FOS ‘unfair'
Almost half of advisers believe the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is unfair when adjudicating on advice cases, research suggests.
Millions of ‘disenfranchised' savers could benefit from advice review
Millions of "totally disenfranchised" savers could return to financial advice as a result of the government's wide-scale review, adviser Keith Churchouse has said.
Major review of financial advice market launched
A major review into consumer access to the financial advice market has been launched by HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
FOS annuity complaints continue to rise
Complaints about annuities are continuing to rise more than a year after the Chancellor announced a reform of the retirement income market, according to the latest figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
MMR review: FCA flags advice risk in overly rigid use of rules
Most customers are receiving suitable mortgage advice but some firms rely too heavily on tightly structured processes, which force their advisers to bend information to give supposedly 'suitable advice', the regulator has found.
Super-safe suitability reports: How to get it right
Top tips for completing super-safe suitability reports
FCA bans equity release adviser over £1m covert money transfers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned an equity release and mortgage adviser for making illegitimate transfers totalling £1m.
Queen's Speech: Govt to freeze tax rises for five years
The Conservative government will introduce legislation ruling out increases in income tax, value added tax (VAT) and national insurance rates for the next five years, it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech, which also detailed plans for an in-out EU referendum...
PM launches discount home scheme for 100,000 first-time buyers
The Prime Minister is set to launch a consultation into a scheme targeting those under 40 who have never owned their own homes.
FOS rules out charging complainants
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled out charging "nominal" fees to complainants, agreeing with Parliament's view the service must be free to ensure the public's confidence in it.
Tyrie: The FCA must improve
Treasury Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie has said the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) must engage more with the regulated community and do more for consumers, as the City watchdog announced sweeping structural and personnel changes following a strategic...
Adviser and family of five escape jail for £1.5m mortgage fraud
A family of five, their mortgage adviser and a solicitor have narrowly escaped jail after being found guilty of masterminding a £1.5m mortgage fraud.
FCA considers removing same-day complaints rule
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering a number of recommendations on how financial services firms can improve the way they handle complaints, including removing a rule stating that not all gripes must be reported to it.
The FCA is a child of crisis, says chairman
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was born in the aftermath of a crisis, so that is all it knows, but it has laid the groundwork for making markets work well again, its chairman John-Griffith Jones is expected to say in a speech on Thursday.
