FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its levy for the coming year will be £432.1m, with financial advisers contributing 9% of the total.

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ban Andrew Jeffery and fine him one of the largest ever fines imposed on a broker for insurance fraud.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is showing signs of an impending overhaul of conduct regulation should politics and the industry allow it, according to a prominent consultancy.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is benefiting adviser businesses in both, profitability and the value of their advice, provider Aegon has claimed.

More than £10bn has now been returned to payment protection insurance (PPI) policyholders by the banks and building societies that mis-sold it to them, according to the latest figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The £2bn payday loans industry has been referred for a full-blown investigation by the competition commission over concerns that firms benefit hugely from loans that borrowers can't pay back on time.

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will begin requesting data from annuity providers as part of its on-going investigation into the market.

West Midlands Police have launched a fraud investigation into a Birmingham financier over his role in sale and rent back agreements.