The FCA has banned Jeffrey Dawkins, former chief executive of Vector Wealth Ltd, after he dishonestly acted as a front for a disqualified director, using the company to sell high-risk mini-bonds. 

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The FCA has confirmed that it will review its policy on whistleblowers following the death by suicide of well-known whistleblower Simon Andriesz.

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.

The FCA has released its finalised perimeter and rules guidance for the new UK Crypto-asset Regime which comes into force from 25 October 2027.

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).

In this column for Financial Planning Today, Dr Matthew Connell, director of policy at the Personal Finance Society, looks at what a new Prime Minister might mean for Financial Planners and how they can meet the challenges of a changing political landscape.

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

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's international crackdown on illegal 'finfluencer' promotions resulted in three arrests over the past year and 650 social media 'takedown' requests, according to the FCA's annual report and accounts published today.

The FCA says that pension firms must do more for customers who have older pensions and fund savings because of concerns that some of them may be receiving poor value.

The FCA has censured WealthTek’s custodian and agreed the firm will pay £31.7m to WealthTek clients for weak financial crime controls.

The FCA is consulting on plans to change UK Listing Rules to ensure that closed‑ended investment funds, such as investment trusts and investment companies, manage conflicts of interest better.

With AI developments moving ‘dramatically faster’ than the frameworks governing it, the FCA is having to make changes of its own, according to chief executive Nikhil Rathi.

Wealth manager and Financial Planner Rathbones Investment Management Limited (FRN 116316) has halted the onboarding of clients requiring enhanced due diligence (EDD) following a Consumer Duty-focused review which highlighted issues with some clients and how they were treated.

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.

The FCA has warned football clubs that they risk putting fans' money at risk by accepting sponsorships from financial firms which have no approval to operate in the UK. 

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

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.

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

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.