The FCA has secured a bankruptcy order against Arthur Temlett, who traded as Abacus Insurance Consultants (FRN 118204) before being restricted by the regulator in January 2025 over fears he may have kept clients’ insurance premiums for himself.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has today launched an investigation into City of London-based InterestMe Financial Planning Limited (IMFP) (FRN 542680) which went into administration last week on 24 September.

London-based investment broker ITI Capital Ltd has gone into special administration, three years after the FCA removed its permission to carry out regulated activity.

The FCA has called on financial firms to do more to crack down on money mules, despite 238,396 suspected mules having had their accounts closed in 2025.

Twenty-one Contracts for Differences (CFD) firms have closed since 2025 following a crackdown by the FCA.

The FCA has joined forces with the Money and Pensions Service, The Protection Distributors’ Group and The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, to help increase the number of consumers taking out protection insurance.

Crispin Odey, founder of Odey Asset Management LLP (OAM), has had his lifetime ban by the FCA upheld by the Upper Tribunal today but his fine has been reduced.

Figures from HMRC show that 760,000 matured Child Trust Funds, worth an average of £2,000 each, remain unclaimed.

Four in five less experienced investors have used AI for help with investing – and around two-thirds of investors overall report turning to AI for investment help occasionally or regularly, according to a new FCA study.

The FCA has announced a ban and fine for three wealth managers due to their reported involvement in a scheme helping clients bypass UK visa rules. 

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP), which represents more than 20,000 pension professionals, has called for stronger protection for consumers who use SIPPs (self invested personal pensions).

Reigate-based Financial Planning and wealth management firm One Financial Solutions has become directly authorised by the FCA.

The FCA has warned consumers about the risks of investing in loan notes and mini-bonds issued by unregulated companies.

The FCA has confirmed its indefinite ban on Demetrios Hadjigeorgiou, CEO of SIPP and pension-linked discretionary fund manager SVS Securities.

The FCA today published a comprehensive report on the health of the UK wealth management sector based on a major survey of 400 UK wealth management firms.

The 10 largest wealth management firms accounted for 89% of all UK wealth management clients in 2024/25, according to figures published by the FCA today.

The FCA has expanded its global office network by appointing new attachés in India and UAE.

The former CEO of fund manager Blue Horizon Asset Management (BHAM), Paul Taylor, has been fined £489,000 and banned by the FCA from working in financial services after he made attempts to buy a bank and a football club using false statements.

The FCA has added five fast-growing firms to its Scale-up Unit, which it set up to help innovative financial services businesses get more support from the regulator.

The FCA’s Upper Tribunal, a court of appeal, has upheld the regulator’s decision to ban financial advisers Richard Fenech and Heather Dunne from working in financial services.