The number of client reviews undertaken within the Dynamic Planner back-office platform have increased by 69% over the past two years due to Consumer Duty.

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Barclays Bank UK PLC and Barclays Bank PLC a total of £42m for major failings in their financial crime risk management including one relating to collapsed wealth manager WealthTek and one relating to Stunt & Co. 

The Financial Conduct Authority it to review its client categorisation rules to ‘unlock more opportunities for wealthy investors’.

More than 7 in 10 financial advisers (71%) believe it is getting harder for smaller independent financial advice firms to survive, according to a new survey.

Two thirds (65%) of complaints made by whistleblowers to the FCA last financial year included allegations related to compliance.

Some financial advice firms are not adequately collecting and recording client information when offering retirement income advice, according to the FCA.

The FCA has issued a public apology for delays in its investigation into peer-to-peer lending firm FundingSecure, its second apology issued in two weeks.

The FCA has this week stripped permission to carry out regulated business from a London Docklands-based financial adviser called Wise Decisions Ltd (FRN 832056).

The FCA has publicly apologised to clients of two failed mini-bond firms for the way it dealt with their complaints about the firms and will pay compensation.

The FCA is to consolidate its complaints returns in a move which it claims will ease unnecessary red tape burdens on firms.