FCA's Therese Chambers

 

The FCA has fined Kristo Käärmann, the CEO of Wise plc and senior manager of Wise Assets UK Ltd, £350,000 for breaching a senior manager conduct rule. 

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FCA HQ in London

MCI Global Investments Advisors Limited, which manages the Novus Black alternative investment fund, has entered Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation.

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Many clients are loyal to their advisers for many years

Some 62% of advised clients have never switched financial adviser, according to a major survey by wealth manager St James’s Place.

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AJ Bell's Rachel Vahey

The total value of ‘lost’ pension pots - pensions which have become ‘disconnected’ with their owners - increased by £4.5bn from £26.6bn to £31.1bn between 2022 and 2024, by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has revealed in a new report.

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FCA Non-financial misconduct data 2021-2023. Source: FCA

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

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L to R: Robin Newbould, MD (Operations), Ravenscroft / Mark Bousfield, MD (Investments), Ravenscroft

Titan Wealth has signed a deal to acquire £7.9bn AUM Channel Islands wealth manager Ravenscroft Investments Limited.

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The latest Pension Flexibility data from HMRC says that around £1.3bn has been refunded to savers over the past nine years.

HMRC repaid £44.3m to savers who paid too much tax when first accessing their pension between 1 July and 30 September this year.

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The FCA said it was already working to improve in doing more to facilitate growth, acting proportionately, and improving data collection to reduce the regulatory burden on firms.

Firms in the retail investments sector, which includes most financial advice firms, had one of the lowest levels of satisfaction with their relationship with the FCA.

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The FCA said it is unable to comment any further at tis time, but will provide further updates in due course.

The Financial Conduct Authority has written to investors in Novus Black Fund UK Ltd about "significant losses" not reported to them by the alternative investment fund.

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FOS offices

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 485 new complaints about wealth manager St James’s Place in the first half of 2024 - almost double the previous half year - despite total complaints for the pensions and investments sectors falling.

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