The number of calls to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) ‘whistleblower hotline' to report suspected malpractice in the financial services industry has jumped 23% in the last year, according to figures obtained by law firm RPC.
Financial services law firm Regulatory Legal is suing Tailormade Alternative Investments over claims the investment business made defamatory statements about it.
A former financial adviser and his business partner have today been sentenced to a total of two years and nine months for giving unauthorised advice.
The financial services industry needs to tackle its "complexity problem" to make it easier for consumers to understand product choice and protect the most vulnerable, the regulator has said.
The European Union has agreed the final measures of the Solvency II framework and given a January 2016 start date.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former investment consultant Rahul Shah for encouraging another person to engage in behaviour which, if engaged in by Shah, would amount to market abuse.
Pension PlayPen has launched a free comparison tool to rate and compare quotes from all the main pension providers.
The UK arm of international advisory firm deVere Group has been the target of another cloning scam, with perpetrators imitating its advisers and forging business cards to dupe clients, the firm's UK chief has said today.