The number of adviser firms providing independent financial advice fell 5% (year-on-year) in 2024, according to data from the latest FCA Retail Intermediary Market Data report out this week.

The FCA has issued a warning to providers of contracts for difference (CFDs) after its review found that some firms were not meeting its Consumer Duty requirements.

Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the FCA, has called on financial services firms to back financial education and support services to improve consumer capability.

The government has introduced draft legislation to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings providers under the remit of the FCA.

The FCA has launched an investigation into ‘fixed rate return’ bond provider the Moneda Capital Group and is investigating a number of people associated with the business.

In this regular column for Financial Planning Today, Dr Matthew Connell, director of policy at the Personal Finance Society, looks at plans to limit complaint.

The FCA has stripped West Sussex-based IFA Rhoss Dancey (FRN: 666823), trading as RDI Wealth Management, of its permissions to carry out regulated business.

The cumulative impact of regulatory change is diverting time and resources away from other priorities, according to a new survey of members of wealth management trade association PIMFA.

Four in five (79%) financial advisers and wealth managers have seen an increase in compliance expenditure over the past year, according to a new report.

The FCA has shared plans to streamline its Consumer Duty rules following stakeholder input.