Financial Conduct Authority

Last year's promised changes to regulation - which have long been going on in the background - gripped financial services publicly.

Adviser Alliance is looking to take on new directors in a bid to move the organisation to a "new level" where it can challenge the remit of the FCA.

MPs have put their weight behind plans for the regulator to be able to publish warning notices about a firm, even before a final decision is made in the case.

The government will continue to avoid interfering in the regulation of the retail investment market even after the break-up of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), it has confirmed.

Hector Sants, chief executive of the outgoing Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told MPs the industry holds the "flawed" belief its responsibility to consumers ends with providing product information at the point of sale, a situation the new regulator...

Mass mis-selling on the scale of the payment protection insurance (PPI) debacle will not be possible under the Financial Services Authority's replacement, the man who will head up the body has said.

Industry figures have told MPs they fear "turf wars" breaking out between different regulatory bodies, and called for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to be more accountable.

The chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has suggested Parliament will have to give the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), one of its successor bodies, even greater powers to protect consumers.

MPs and Peers have been warned that proposals to publish warning notices will put some small firms out of business.

Stephen Gay, the director general of the Association of IFAs (AIFA), and Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) chief executive Nick Cann are among those set to discuss the new financial services regulatory regime with MPs this week.