Regulation

MPs have criticised the regulator's handling of last year's media blunder around an upcoming closed book review, saying it had been a "major self-inflicted distraction" and "created a false market in life insurance shares".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked UK financial advisers if they think the criteria they must meet to call themselves independent is out of sync with Europe-wide definitions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to raise £74.9m from financial advisers for the coming year, representing an upswing of 10.2%.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could be required under Europe-wide rules to force all financial advisers to record client telephone calls to prove they are acting in clients' best interests.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is set to redistribute funding from its 'money advice' proposition to its 'debt advice' offering, meaning advisers' contributions to the body could be cut.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to review the suitability of retirement advice following the pension ‘freedoms' set to be introduced next month.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to be heavily criticised over its decision to leak details of an upcoming insurance probe to a national newspaper, inadvertently causing shares in several major life companies to plummet, according to reports....

The Money Advice Service (MAS) will have its budget slashed and must be made more accountable to those regulated firms who pay for it, an independent report has said following complaints from levy payers.

Two ex-directors of failed adviser TailorMade Independent (TMI) - the main distributor of £400m troubled unregulated property scheme Harlequin - have been banned and fined by the regulator for not assessing the suitability of clients' investments made...

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