The FCA is consulting with the industry on a proposal to reduce its fee for overdue or late regulatory returns from £250 to £100.

The Financial Conduct Authority has responded to calls from MPs to investigate the handling of information ahead of the Autumn Budget 2023 and whether it amounts to market abuse.

The FCA is to go ahead with a simplified complaints process to make it easier for firms to report consumer complaints to it.

The FCA is to open applications for a second cohort of live AI testing in January, with participating firms able to start testing in April.

The FCA has imposed its first censure on a professional body, the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), for failings in relation to its anti-money laundering supervision.

The FCA has today launched a consultation on its proposed regulatory rules for ESG ratings providers, which it said are designed to ensure that ESG ratings are transparent, reliable and comparable.

The FCA has brought an additional charge of fraud by abuse of position against Mrs Lisa Campbell, an independent financial adviser based in Hampshire.

The FCA has started criminal proceedings against former flatmates Bobosher Sharipov and Bekzod Avazov for insider dealing over a takeover deal.

Sheldon Mills, one of the FCA’s most senior executives, is set to leave his £332,000 a year role at the regulator in the next few months, according to reports.

The FCA has confirmed in a new consultation paper that applications for its new targeted support regime will open in March.

Revenues generated by retail investment intermediaries increased by 6% in 2024 to £5.7bn (2023: £5.3bn). 

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 FCA has warned that the rapid consolidation of the wealth management and financial advice sectors could be leading to ‘poor outcomes for consumers, employees and the wider financial system.'

The FCA has shared concerns that firms are using high pressure techniques to encourage investors in Contracts for Difference (CFD) products to claim they are professional clients.

Taunton-based Luke Coleman has been convicted and fined for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act, following a prosecution by the FCA.

The FCA has today published plans to simplify the short selling regime in the UK.

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

Financial services firms received 1.85m complaints in the first half of 2025, a 4% increase from the first six month of 2024 when there were 1.78m complaints, according to new data from the FCA.

The FCA has fined former adviser Neil Sedgwick Dwane £100,281 for insider dealing and banned him from working for UK financial services.