Hector Sants

The head of the incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has suggested the new body will adopt a less aggressive tone than its predecessor and will instead seek to "have a dialogue" with the companies and individuals it regulates.

Sir Hector Sants, the former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief, rejected calls for an investigation into LIBOR abuses in January 2009, it was revealed yesterday.

An online petition calling for Hector Sants' nomination for a knighthood to be withdrawn has received more than 1,300 signatures.

A pair of MPs have criticised the decision to award a knighthood to Hector Sants, the former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Former FSA chief executive Hector Sants has been awarded a knighthood in today's New Year honours list.

Senior MPs want to call former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants before the banking standards commission to explain how he will overhaul Barclays' troubled culture.

Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has joined Barclays.

Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants is in talks to join accountancy firm Deloitte as an equity partner, according to reports.

Hector Sants, the former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has defended his tenure at the regulator, arguing the changes he made have put it "in good stead".

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has spent an average of more than £1m annually in the last six years on the services of 'headhunting' businesses, tasked with finding suitable candidates for senior positions at Canary Wharf.