FCA
Income
Enhanced annuity specialist Partnership Assurance is thought to be one of the two companies the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering taking action against for inducement breaches, according to reports.
19 September 2013
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Regulation
It is "unrealistic, uneconomic and unnecessary" to expect those approaching retirement to take regulated financial advice, according to Hargreaves Lansdown.
18 September 2013
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Income
Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised to set up an "annuities task force" and conduct a wholesale review of pensions decumulation.
18 September 2013
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RDR
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not seeking to pile more pressure on adviser firms already under financial strain by investigating payments they may receive from providers, its director responsible for supervising advisers said.
18 September 2013
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Regulation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined a number of good and bad practices in its consultation paper on inducements after it found "serious failings" among advisory firms in complying with the regulator's conflict of interest rule.
18 September 2013
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