The Financial Conduct Authority is to order "significantly" higher standards at some 'host' Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) where it has identified weaknesses.

The FCA has fined claims management company Crosfill & Archer Claims Limited £110,000 for making cold calls.

The FCA has recruited two experienced lawyers who worked at City law firm Freshfields for senior roles following the exit of its general counsel Sean Martin.

The FCA will introduce a general ban on authorised firms approving financial promotions from unauthorised firms without special permission, the Treasury announced today.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published two consultations looking at climate-related financial disclosure rules for pension providers, asset managers and life insurers.

Chartered Financial Planner Darren Antony Reynolds has been banned from being a director for 13 years for pension transfer failings which resulted in clients losing £24m from their pensions.

One in three high risk pension transfers since July 2018 would satisfy the first condition of the Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) proposed scam reduction legislation, according to a new report.

The number of DB transfer requests has fallen dramatically since the FCA introduced a ban on contingent charging last year, according to analysis from actuarial firm LCP.

The FCA has launched a major crackdown on scam bond and investment comparison websites in signs of a tougher approach from the regulator.

Ron Treherne IFA Ltd of Cardiff has had its permission to carry out regulated business removed by the FCA after it failed to pay Financial Ombudsman awards against it.