enforcement

Barclays bank is facing new fines in the region of tens of millions of pounds in association with a multi-billion pound private investment five years ago, according to reports.

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has said he wants the regulator's legacy to reflect that it ensured wrongdoers "faced the full consequences" of their actions.

Four people have been arrested this morning following house searches carried out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Metropolitan Police in west London.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final notice against an insurance intermediary and fined it almost £7.4m, after discovering that its sales scripts were flawed.

A former mortgage adviser was sentenced to two years in prison by Maidstone Crown Court on Friday.

A financial adviser has been banned and fined £117,330 for mis-selling unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS).

An adviser has had his application to become an approved person rejected because of his failure to disclose past convictions and a prosecution for mortgage fraud.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined IFA network Pi Financial £58,300 for advising its clients to invest in high risk products which were "clearly" unsuitable.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned a financial adviser after he gave false references from a previous employer, from which he had been dismissed for dishonesty.

Plans to allow the new financial regulator to publish warning notices about enforcement action have been branded as "unjust and dangerous" by a Conservative peer.