Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has expressed concerns over UCITS funds and exchange traded funds' (ETFs) ability to deliver on promises of daily liquidity for end-investors.

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) head of asset management has given his stamp of approval to the current round of negotiations between asset managers and platforms, saying it is a good sign for industry pricing.

People should be ‘nudged' towards independent regulated financial advice when considering how they will fund their long term care, the government has said.

Adviser commission on auto-enrolment pension schemes established before the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) could be scrapped under measures announced by the government.

An offshore tax avoidance scheme used by FTSE 100-listed investment management company Aberdeen Asset Management to pay its employees tax-free bonuses has been closed by Scotland's most senior court.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has hired trend forecaster the Future Foundation to conduct a review of the ombudsman's role in the changing world of financial services.

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority is set to criticise asset management firms for the way they pass on the cost of third party research to clients.

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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it expects to raise a supplementary levy on investment advisers before the end of the current levy year, to make up for losses incurred by the failings of ARM bonds and their distributor Catalyst....