Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to review how and how much it fines businesses amid complaints from banks about the rise of high penalties.

A tool allowing advisers to discover when providers will switch commission payments off on pre-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) business has been launched.

What support do advisers need on Budget changes

The rules of the game: Clean share class conversions explained

Will Budget changes complicate Key Features Illustrations?

A range of simple products that can be bought without advice have got a step closer to market with the receipt of a Trading Standards Institute kite mark.

Should advisers pay for it?

FCA executive and director of supervision Clive Adamson is to leave the organisation within months, according to reports.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) is "on track" to at least break even in 2014 and is hopeful of a small surplus, despite the challenge presented by a regulatory crackdown on inducements.

A financial planning tools provider has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requesting it look into the appropriateness of stochastic models currently used by advisers amid concerns over their quality.