Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sent emails to 120 advisory firms asking them to complete a questionnaire that will form the basis of part two of its three-pronged review into the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

National IFA Positive Solutions has accepted it made a mistake when one of its former advisers recommended a client invest in troubled Harlequin Property - and has offered to pay back the amount invested with interest, IFAonline understands.

The average length of time taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to authorise financial services start-ups is now back up to its highest levels, according to data obtained by City law firm RPC.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to defer its capital adequacy requirements on personal investment firms (PIFs) - which were due to kick in at the end of this year - by a further two years, and will use the time to review its entire approach to...

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for a lighter regulatory approach and a tighter grip by the regulator on product manufacturers.

The UK government has lodged a legal challenge with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the EU's proposed cap of bankers' bonuses.

INDUCEMENTS

RDR

Malcolm Streatfield, the chief executive of Lighthouse Group, said the company is seeing the "first green shoots of recovery" following a difficult two years as the business prepared for new rules brought about by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR)....

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