Regulation

The Chancellor's 'right to advice' for pensioners at the point of retirement will be a right to 'free impartial guidance', not regulated advice, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed.

Industry campaigners have welcomed confirmation the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on the re-introduction of a 15-year time limit on complaints against advisers reaching the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Financial advisers will contribute £3.7m toward the Money Advice Service (MAS) in 2014-2015, a decrease of almost 18% on the previous year.

Financial advisory businesses will contribute £68m to the Financial Conduct Authority's funding requirement for 2014-2015, a near-19% reduction on last year following a re-working of the regulator's fee blocks.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to review the suitability of investment advice as part of its 2014-2015 supervisory work, and will also consult on the re-introduction of a 15-year long-stop on complaints.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has increased its annual funding requirement (AFR) - the amount it levies fee payers - for 2014-2015.

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is facing calls for his resignation after the regulator made an "extraordinary blunder" that hit insurers' share prices, according to reports.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may have made an 'extraordinary blunder' in allowing market sensitive information about its work to reach the public domain ahead of schedule, thereby creating a disorderly market in shares, Treasury Select Committee...

The government has agreed to an independent review of the Money Advice Service (MAS) following pressure from the Treasury Select Committee (TSC).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) board has called in lawyers to investigate the regulator's handling of the revelation it is to examine the fair treatment of "long standing" customers in life insurance products, a revelation which sparked huge losses...