• Contact Us
Financial Planning Today
  • Home
    • About Us
      • About us
      • Advertising
  • News
    • Financial Planning News
    • Regulation
    • Professional Bodies
    • Wealth Management
    • Job News
    • Paraplanning
    • M&A News
  • Opinion
    • The Editor's Column
    • Mr Sipp - John Moret
    • Life Planning Founder George Kinder
    • Claire Trott
    • Guest Columnist
  • Features
    • Training and Events
    • Insight & Analysis
  • FP Today Magazine
  • Optimum
  • Jobs
  • FCA provisionally fines bank CEO for disclosure failures

    The FCA has provisionally fined Carlos Fuenmayor, chief executive of emerging markets specialist bank BancTrust, £99,600 for failing to disclose three separate matters to the FCA.

  • Woodford’s W4.0 rebuts FCA intervention

    Ex-fund manager Neil Woodford’s investment information platform W4.0 has rejected the FCA’s criticism of its service as offering regulated advice and says it will continue to develop the platform despite facing an injunction from the FCA.

  • FCA secures £452k confiscation order against Ponzi fraudster

    The FCA has secured a confiscation order of £452,286.80 against convicted fraudster Daniel Pugh, who is serving a seven years and six months jail sentence for defrauding investors out of £1.3m.

  • FCA wants to cut climate change red tape to save firms £20m

    The FCA says that it could save investment firms £20m a year under its new proposals to simplify and streamline climate reporting.

  • FCA revokes permissions of Northern Ireland firm

    The FCA has cancelled the regulatory permissions of Northern Ireland financial adviser Jim Burton, trading as Jim Burton Insurance Services (FRN310381).

  • Argento Wealth victims urged to claim share of £1.9m

    The High Court has approved pro rata distribution to eligible investors of money recovered by the FCA from Argento Wealth Limited (AWL), which was found to be involved in unlawful activity in connection with an Unauthorised Collective Investment Scheme (UCIS).

  • FCA is urging firms to do more to deter sanctions breaches

    Regulated firms need to do more to deter sanctions breaches, says the FCA.

  • FCA shares concerns over financial promotion approvers

    Firms that approve financial promotions on behalf of other businesses need to do more to protect consumers, according to the FCA.

  • FCA to hold annual meeting in Scotland for first time

    The FCA will hold its Annual Public Meeting in Edinburgh in October for the first time as it increases investment in the Scottish capital.

  • Simplified advice could unlock advice for millions

    FCA proposals to simplify advice rules could unlock advice options for millions of people with straightforward needs who are currently excluded by cost, complexity or process, according to Sam Christopher, proposition director at wealth manager and platform Quilter.

  • Editor’s Comment: Why profits matter in Financial Planning

    Profit is essential for all businesses to thrive and invest and Financial Planners, above everything else, are business people who need to make a profit. Profit is the lifeblood of all Financial Planning firms and that's something that is sometimes forgotten.

  • FCA opens business growth unit to help firms scale up

    The FCA has launched a new business 'Scale-up Unit' to help “fast‑growing and innovative” financial services businesses get more support from the regulator.

  • FCA warns of scam data breach text messages

    The FCA has issued a warning to Financial Planning firms to be wary of scam text messages which claim to have been sent from the regulator.

  • FCA and BoE set out tokenisation vision

    The FCA and the Bank of England are seeking industry views on the future of UK wholesale markets after they jointly published their vision for tokenisation.

  • 105,000 extra pensions cashed in full each year

    More than 100,000 extra pensions are being cashed in today in full compared to seven years ago when records began.

  • Firms warned to support customers through tough times

    The FCA has warned finance firms to ensure they put customers’ needs first and avoid foreseeable harm, including those in vulnerable circumstances.

  • FCA adds new Nordic AI specialist as COO

    The FCA has appointed Johan Sekora as chief operating officer from the start of June.

  • FCA to look at investment advisers' bereavement support

    The FCA is to look at how firms that advise on investments are doing enough to support bereaved customers in a new review.

  • King’s Speech sets out reform of FOS and red tape cut

    King Charles's King's Speech today has outlined widely expected reform of the Financial Ombudsman Service and a drive to cut regulatory red tape.

  • FCA fines adviser £755,000 for pension transfer failings

    The Financial Conduct Authority has banned a financial adviser and fined him £755,000 for pension transfer failings which put clients at risk for his own personal gain.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

Page 4 of 126

Key Links

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact the Newsdesk