FCA

Law firm Clifford Chance - which has been hired by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to review its handling of the release of market-sensitive information to the press - is also a member of the regulator's panel of lawyers tasked with investigating...

Ten questions to help you prepare for your regulatory review

Financial advisory businesses will be invited to play central roles in providing information, guidance and advice to retirees following the far-reaching changes announced at Budget 2014, under plans being devised by the Personal Finance Society (PFS)....

Adviser numbers are down and firms' profits after tax, despite a temporary recovery last year, are lower than the two previous years, according to research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

Smaller advisory firms have found it easier to implement changes introduced following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and stand to be the real winners from the overhaul, according to consultant and adviser Phil Billingham.

An independent inquiry into the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) release of information about its investigation into the fair treatment of long standing life company customers could cost up to £10m, according to a costs lawyer.

Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management received almost 3,200 complaints in the second half of last year, figures published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) show.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) have said they are disappointed by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) findings suggesting advisory firms, wealth managers and private banks are failing to disclose their fees...

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Non-exec directors at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have appointed Simon Davis, a partner at Clifford Chance, to conduct an independent inquiry into the handling of its announcement of a proposed investigation into the fair treatment of long standing...