Advisers are demanding an end to the current system of paying for the FSCS and being saddled with “disproportionately huge” fees when they have a clean record on complaints.

The FCA league tables for most complained about firms in the investments and pensions sectors have been unveiled this morning.

Aviva has been hit with an £8m fine by the FCA this morning.

The FCA has sent out a warning about a Canary Wharf-based asset manager.

A Financial Planning firm boss fears that new FCA rules on recording client phone calls could create “completely the wrong image” for her business.

A former investment portfolio manager at Blackrock Investment Management has been charged with insider dealing.

Financial advisers will be required to record telephone calls in future, FCA plans released this morning showed, in a bid to quickly resolve Ombudsman complaints.

The £50,000 limit on FSCS protection for ‘negligent advice’ should be re-examined, the head of the FSCS says.

An FCA probe into its crackdown on senior managers’ accountability has found some firms appear to be sharing responsibility among more junior staff and “obscuring who is genuinely responsible”.

A new level 4 Financial Planning & Advice exam launched by the CISI has won the FCA’s approval.