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.

Four in five (79%) financial advisers and wealth managers have seen an increase in compliance expenditure over the past year, according to a new report.

The FCA has shared plans to streamline its Consumer Duty rules following stakeholder input.

The FCA is set to open the door to widespread adviser charging for targeted support, the new type of guidance it hopes will reach millions more people.

The FCA has begun High Court proceedings against a number of individuals and companies over an alleged unauthorised investment which saw £23m of consumers' money invested in static homes.

The FCA has today warned consumers to beware of investing in high-risk schemes from unregulated firms without appreciating the risks involved.

The FCA has issued a reminder today to firms that cancellation rights do not exist for pension commencement lump sums (PCLS).

The FCA is ‘working hard’ to shorten the timeframe for enforcement investigations to boost confidence in the financial services sector, according to senior FCA executive Therese Chambers.

Taunton-based Nicholas Harper, 26, has been convicted of breaching the Data Protection Act but acquitted of fraud and unauthorised business offences connected to an investment fraud following a prosecution brought by the FCA.

New figures from the FCA published today have revealed that the total number of pension plans accessed for the first time rose by 8.6% to 961,575 compared to 885,455 in 2023/24.

Three finfluencers appeared before Westminster Magistrate’s Court yesterday, each charged with an offence relating to their social media posts.

The FCA is not planning on developing any additional regulations concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial services firms.