The Financial Conduct Authority is changing its enforcement approach as it aims to act faster and with more transparency.

Investment trusts can choose to opt out of the requirements of PRIIPs Regulation and associated technical standards until new legislation comes into force, the FCA said in a statement today.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has called on pension professionals to consider a more diverse range of investments.

A third of the workforce (33%) at the Financial Conduct Authority were from an ethnic minority in 2023-24, according to new employment data from the regulator.

The FCA has given firms four more months time to comply with its newSustainability Disclosure Requirements' regime and new investment label rules.

The FCA says standards of regulatory practice among appointed representatives (ARs) are improving but there is “more to do.”

Nearly three in 10 Financial Planners (28%) surveyed in an exclusive poll for Financial Planning Today say they have cut the number of clients they serve as a result of the Consumer Duty.

The average salary at the FCA has risen by an average of 4.8% this year to £71,290, with some younger staff members receiving an 11.2% increase.