The FCA has issued a public warning about an unauthorised investment firm called Charles Dickins Ltd (sic) which may be providing or promoting financial services products without permission.

The FCA has warned of increased risk to consumers when overseas firms refer defined benefit (DB) scheme members to UK firms for pension transfer advice.

The FCA has warned that scammers have tried to clone the FCA website and are also regularly using fake emails to target regulated firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority told firms to amend or remove 8,582 financial promotions during 2022 - 14 times the level of 2021.