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.'