FCA cracks down on ‘wild west’ of crypto advertising
But concerns remain over the regulator classifying the asset as a Restricted Mass Market Investment
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Is financial advice too expensive – and just for the wealthy?
IA spoke with a number of firms to discuss cost, education, advice-guidance boundaries and value for money
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Three IFA firms forced to withdraw offers to former BSPS members
FCA is ‘seriously concerned’ that they ‘were not calculated’ in line with its guidance
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UK regulator opens criminal investigation into DFM owner
To assess potential offences of fraud and money laundering
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What should advisers expect from FCA retirement income advice review?
52% believe regulator will recommend that a different investment approach is required for clients in decumulation
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UK-based IFA firm fails
As lifeboat scheme investigates advice company with links to British Steel Pension Scheme
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FCA removes permissions of advice business
Company had ‘not been open and co-operative’ with the regulator
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Five ways Consumer Duty will impact advisers and investment managers
Adviser community has always ‘adapted to new ways of working’
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FSCS investigating Portuguese advice firm with links to Sipp providers
Lifeboat scheme also announced two companies have failed
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Young Brits think more long-term about dating than investing
FCA wants investors to ‘re-think their approach’ to the financial markets
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Two brothers convicted for taking £750,000 out of failed investment firm
They ‘masqueraded’ as an authorised company to ‘defraud consumers’
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FCA praised for opening direct bond access to retail investors
This follows the regulator publishing an engagement paper on non-equity securities