Practitioners say that overall the FCA handled the pandemic well, according to an independent survey.

The FCA is consulting on plans to significantly strengthen regulation of appointed representatives (ARs) after analysis showed firms employing appointed reps suffered four times as many complaints as firms not using appointed reps. 

The FCA has issued a warning to consumers about credit broker Grosvenor Associate Ltd which may have been one of a number of credit brokers offering unauthorised investments to clients.

The FCA has unveiled a package of measures to boost the number of listed companies and IPOs in the UK.