FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned a former adviser to SLS Capital - the company whose bonds underpinned the failed Keydata investments - for giving the misleading impression that the SLS bonds were soundly backed assets.

When should advisers report unregulated investments to the FCA?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Forex Capital Markets and FXCM Securities (FXCM UK) £4m for allowing the US-based FXCM Group to withhold profits worth £6m that should have been passed on to the UK business' clients.

Aviva anticipates its platform will have achieved profitability by the start of 2016 and has set a target of £6bn in assets under management by the end of this year.

Financial advisers operating in Europe are less strictly regulated than their UK counterparts yet consumers are still afforded the same degree of protection, according to Zurich Life government affairs principal Matt Connell.

Some advisers are taking a stand against the old saying that the customer is always right - and are making a case for firmly telling the client ‘no'.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is challenging lenders to improve their arrears and foreclosure management following a thematic review which found several counts of bad practice at firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reminding investors that the deadline for filing for compensation from the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) is the last day of February.

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