UK financial regulator bans jailed wealth manager for life
Adviser is ‘not a fit and proper person to perform any function in relation to regulated activity’
Adviser is ‘not a fit and proper person to perform any function in relation to regulated activity’
They recommended pension switches and transfers to products that invested in high risk, illiquid assets
Island’s regulator chastised for its disorganised, ‘kitchen sink’ approach to the case
Move could save investors up to £17m a year and reduce risk of fraud
He provided false account statements and forged a client’s signature
Initial fine slashed to £20,000 from £154,000
Yossef Ashkenazi was found to be ‘inadequately trained’ and ‘incompetent’
More than £6m invested in high-risk ventures bearing ‘all the hallmarks of being scams’
Four trustee directors behind a high-risk UK pension scheme have been banned following an Insolvency Service probe.
Despite admitting concerns about scams, the Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that it is not currently considering barring unregulated or non-standard investments from inclusion in self-invested personal pensions (Sipp).
A financial adviser who forged qualification documents has been banned after he cracked during a “compelled interview”.
Just 18 people were handed prohibition orders from the Financial Conduct Authority in the year to 30 September 2017, down from its peak of 72 in 2010.