Sheldon Mills, one of the FCA’s most senior executives, is set to leave his £332,000 a year role at the regulator in the next few months, according to reports.

The FCA has confirmed in a new consultation paper that applications for its new targeted support regime will open in March.

Revenues generated by retail investment intermediaries increased by 6% in 2024 to £5.7bn (2023: £5.3bn). 

The FCA has issued a warning to providers of contracts for difference (CFDs) after its review found that some firms were not meeting its Consumer Duty requirements.

Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the FCA, has called on financial services firms to back financial education and support services to improve consumer capability.

The FCA has warned that the rapid consolidation of the wealth management and financial advice sectors could be leading to ‘poor outcomes for consumers, employees and the wider financial system.'

The FCA has shared concerns that firms are using high pressure techniques to encourage investors in Contracts for Difference (CFD) products to claim they are professional clients.

Taunton-based Luke Coleman has been convicted and fined for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act, following a prosecution by the FCA.

The FCA has today published plans to simplify the short selling regime in the UK.

The government has introduced draft legislation to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings providers under the remit of the FCA.

Financial services firms received 1.85m complaints in the first half of 2025, a 4% increase from the first six month of 2024 when there were 1.78m complaints, according to new data from the FCA.

The FCA has fined former adviser Neil Sedgwick Dwane £100,281 for insider dealing and banned him from working for UK financial services.

The FCA has updated its cyber disruption guidance for regulated firms, including how firms should respond to disruption at a third party, following several recent high profile internet outages and cyber attacks.

Financial services firms are missing opportunities to prevent romance scams, according to the FCA.

The FCA has launched an investigation into ‘fixed rate return’ bond provider the Moneda Capital Group and is investigating a number of people associated with the business.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published plans to support asset tokenisation to “drive innovation and growth in asset management.”

The FCA is permanently axing the 10% portfolio drop notification rule across its handbook as part of a shake-up of MiFID investment rules.

Clients of failed SIPP provider Hartley Pensions Limited - who have had funds ring-fenced - have been given an update from joint administrators UHY Hacker Young ahead of a legal judgment expected in late October.

The FCA has joined with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Information Commissioner’s Office and the Advertising Standards Authority to tackle misleading advertising and inadequate information provided by some claims management companies.

The number of highly-regulated financial advice firms that said they are satisfied with the FCA has fallen by 12% to three-quarters of businesses in the last year.