regulatory fees

A further review of the funding model for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) - scheduled to begin later this year - will focus on making the system fairer for IFAs, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told MPs today.

An unregulated activity 'should not be part of any regulatory body's remit', adviser body says

‘How can a small business sustain this financial abuse?'

Adviser network Personal Touch Financial Services has written to members informing them of a planned fee increase after suffering what it called "indiscriminate" increases to its regulatory costs.

Almost all advisers have received enquiries for retirement advice as a result of the government's pension freedom reforms, according to latest research by the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

Should advisers include 'cost of regulation' in fees breakdown?

A petition is demanding soon-to-be acting head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Tracey McDermott enact an independent review of advice firm regulation, after an IFA was forced to pay a 320% increase in his Financial Services Compensation Scheme...

Bonuses reward executives for hitting specific goals - Sheriar Bradbury asks what goals has the FCA met?

Functionality and cost remain the only real drivers behind advisers wanting to switch platforms in an otherwise increasingly ‘sticky' market, a survey has found.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended the methods it uses to calculate advisers' contribution to its annual costs as fair and proportionate, as it confirmed a 10% hike for firms for 2015-2016.