The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has blamed poor financial advice for driving up its soaring annual levy.

Wealth manager trade body PIMFA has criticised proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority for a new Consumer Duty.

The FCA is to consult on a sweeping new 'Consumer Duty' which will compel firms to do more to protect consumers from harm and bad financial decisions. 

One of the FCA’s most senior executives, director of transformation Megan Butler, is to step down after only one year in a new role.

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. 

Financial Conduct Authority staff are making another trip to Wales to meet steelworkers who could be due compensation due to unsuitable DB transfer advice.

The FCA has confirmed that it will begin regulating pre-paid funeral plans from 29 July.

The Financial Conduct Authority says its plans to become a 'data-led' regulator will mean "profound" change.

Financial services regulators have joined forces to address the attitude and approach of financial services firms to climate change.

The FCA has today published final rules to “streamline and simplify” the prudential requirements for solo-regulated UK firms authorised under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).