Regulation

Aviva has played down the potential impact on its bottom line of a regulatory probe into the closed life insurance policy market.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has clarified the scope of its investigation into how customers in 'closed' life company products are being treated, indicating it will not review sales practices or necessarily act on exit fees.

Ed Dymott explains how the FCA's probe of the closed life market could help get the RDR back on track...

Advisers will find it difficult to develop much-needed cheaper advice models until the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) lowers its costs, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to investigate about 30 million insurance company policies over concerns that customers are subject to "unfair" conditions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Saatchi brothers' M&C Saatchi and its affiliate Saatchi Masius to lead its behaviour change communication work over the next four years.

Enough is enough: What ‘independence’ really means

Financial services group True Potential (TP) has launched a network in a move it says completes its suite of offerings for advisers.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is calling on members and other advisers to detail how much they spend on regulation and compliance so the regulator "can be held to account".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Santander £12.4m for failings in relation to investment advice. How did the bank go so disastrously wrong? Carmen Reichman looks at the road to ruin.