The more than 97% decrease in fines levied by the UK regulator against financial institutions does not signal a return to light touch regulation, says Mark Steward, director of enforcement and market oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Bank House Investment Management, the personal wealth division of the UK-based Bank House group, has been barred from carrying out business such as advising on investments after an investigation by the regulator into its pension transfer business.
UK adviser directories Unbiased and VouchedFor have urged the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to publicise whether an adviser is independent or restricted.
Prices on funds are predicted to fall during 2017, in the wake of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) investigation into quasi-active portfolios, says Danny Knight, director of multi-asset at Old Mutual International.
Robo-advice firms “do not have a clue” how to communicate well with clients according to research published on Friday calling for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to enforce vigorous rules in the industry.
The UK regulator has proposed changing the financial compensation scheme to make riskier, so-called ‘polluter’ firms pay higher levies.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) netted £22.2m ($27.9m, €26.4m) in fines against 23 financial institutions during 2016, a more than 97% drop from last year, reports the Guardian.
A tighter framework for closed books of life and pensions business has been unveiled by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after uncovering poor practices in parts of the industry.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are to “foster collaboration between the two regulatory authorities in promoting financial innovation”.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging people aged over 55 to make sure that all investment ‘opportunities’ are legitimate before they part with their money as new data from the watchdog victims of investment fraud lost £32,000 (€38,180, $40,732) on average every year.
Proposals from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that would require annuity providers to tell customers what they could gain by shopping around and switching have been met with muted enthusiasm.
Benchmarks are a vital part of the asset management sector. Funds are measured against them, bonuses worked out in relation to them and entire sectors of the industry predicated upon them. But, if recent trends are extrapolated outwards, the days of the benchmark in its current form should be numbered.
