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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has apologised for the shortcomings in its handling of a media briefing ahead of the publication of its latest business plan, saying it accepted the criticisms and would implement changes to "sharpen its focus".

Provider Aegon is to launch a drawdown product with combined access to unit-linked guarantees to capitalise on pension freedoms.

A strategy by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to leak details of one of its upcoming projects to a national newspaper - a decision which sparked huge falls in the share prices of several major life companies - was "high risk" and inadequate, according...

Ascentric's managing director, Hugo Thorman, has argued advisers' use of model portfolios is hindering the popularity of investment trusts.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Standard Life have worked out a deal with the taxman over the tax status of recoveries related to ARM Asset Backed Securities.

Woodford Investment Management has brought in a new head of operations after the departure of two senior executives less than a year after the business launched.

Small firms engaging in poor practice stand a better chance of getting caught by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the new regulatory framework as the regulator has shifted its focus on its thematic work, according to a consultancy.

T. Rowe Price has appointed the former head of UK retail at F&C, John Yule, as head of intermediary relationship management, UK and Ireland.

A fresh flight to safety will ensure government bond yields break through "crazy" record lows again in 2015, Brandywine bond manager Regina Borromeo has said.

Members of the executive committee at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stand to lose their bonuses over the blunder that caused a collapse in prices of large insurance companies, according to reports.