Financial Conduct Authority

MPs have refused to grant the regulator the power to ban individuals before its investigations into them are completed, due in part to the "serious harm" it could cause small firms.

Advisers have welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) first crack-down on an advisory firm which had permissions to advise but no actual qualified advisers, although they say the regulator should have acted sooner.

Treasury Select Committee (TSC) chairman Andrew Tyrie has called on the industry to help parliament hold the financial services regulator to account to avoid "excessive regulation" that could "create the stability of the graveyard".

Comparison sites are facing an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure consumers are not "being misled".

Financial Conduct Authority figures show staff are leaving the organisation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out plans to cut regulatory fees by reallocating advisers who have permissions to hold client money or safeguard and administer assets to different fee blocks.

The Financial Conduct Authority has stated that "there is no consistency" in the way insurance companies use private investigators (PI).

The average length of time taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to authorise financial services start-ups is now back up to its highest levels, according to data obtained by City law firm RPC.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is likely to apply more scrutiny to companies' boards prior to implementing its new senior person's regime, a consultancy has suggested.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has asked for the regulator's budget to be frozen for three years, so it can provide a cut in real terms.