The number of appointed representatives continued to fall in 2024/25, according to the latest data from the Financial Conduct Authority.

The FCA is planning to axe at least three regular reporting requirements for 16,000 regulated firms in an effort to reduce red tape and boost growth.

The FCA has today launched a wide-scale review of the £4.85bn protection insurance market and whether commissions paid on products affect consumer outcomes.

The number of whistleblowing reports made to the Financial Conduct Authority dipped in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The news this week that the FCA has axed a requirement for the boards of regulated firms to have a dedicated Consumer Duty Champion- only introduced 18 months ago - was met with some raised eyebrows.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s review of ongoing advice data from 22 of the largest financial advice firms has found that suitability reviews were carried out in the vast majority of cases.

To delete or not delete (emails) - that is the thorny question the FCA has had to face and a move which forced one of its senior execs to defends its email deletion plans this week.

The FCA has this week restored the regulatory authorisation of Kent-based advice firm The Pentagon Partnership (FRN: 627747) two months after its permissions were cancelled.

Financial Planning firms make up the bulk of firms on the FCA register offering ‘holistic advice’, according to a new report from financial services adviser consultancy Autus.

New analysis of FCA fines data by Financial Planning Today has revealed that the total sum of financial penalties imposed by the regulator in 2024 tripled compared to 2023.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published plans for a new UK-focused consumer investment regime to simplify the information given to investors and scrap EU-based rules.

The FCA has revealed that its Consumer Duty priorities for the coming months will include looking at targeted support for pension savers.

The number of whistleblowing reports rose by 15% (year-on-year) to 322 in the third quarter of this year.

It’s no secret that the FCA has come in for flak over it’s naming and shaming enforcement plans and it’s no surprise it has decided to dilute them as a result. But should it be backing off?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised “transformational change” to advice and guidance in a sweeping series of financial services reforms announced in her Mansion House speech last night.

The FCA has today introduced new transparency rules for bonds and derivatives markets which it hopes will give investors more information and reduce costs for firms.

The FCA has warned SIPP operators over a lack of progress on the regulator's concerns that their actions could lead to “harm to individual consumers.”

The FCA has found a sharp increase in non-financial misconduct complaints at regulated firms working in the wholesale financial sectors.

The latest FCA retirement income data for 2023/24 has revealed a 20% rise in the number of pension plans accessed for the first time between April 2023 and March 2024.

One of the UK's leading SIPP and pensions experts John Moret, still working part-time in the pensions sector in his seventies, has written a series of articles for Financial Planning Today reflecting on topics that have occupied him over the last 50-plus years. This is the fifth article in the series. Previous articles are available on Financial Planning Today by searching for 'john moret.'