FCA pumps £3.7m into advice/guidance boundary review work

Come as the regulator proposes to increase fees by 2.5%

Isabel Baxter
clock • 3 min read

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will invest £3.7m into its advice/guidance boundary review for 2025/26.

In its annual work programme published today (8 April), the regulator said that it will be investing £3.7m in relation to its joint work with the government to "support firms' innovation" in offering targeted support to clients in their investment and pensions decisions. A £747.3m planned spend The FCA said its annual funding requirement (AFR) for 2025/26 is £783.5m, an overall 2.5% increase on last year. As a result of this, the regulator is proposing to increase minimum and flat rate fees, as well as application fees, by 2.5%, in line with the increase in its AFR and the baseline ...

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