An FCA probe into its crackdown on senior managers’ accountability has found some firms appear to be sharing responsibility among more junior staff and “obscuring who is genuinely responsible”.

A new level 4 Financial Planning & Advice exam launched by the CISI has won the FCA’s approval.

Charities could help tackle financial illiteracy by advising difficult to reach people on their money troubles, a think tank has proposed.

Nine new robo-advisers are being developed with guidance from the FCA, it emerged this morning.

The Treasury has proposed amending the definition of financial advice to bring it in line with wording used in rules derived from the European Union.

An FCA specialist has labelled some compliance officers ‘not very good’ and says they have “too much of a tick-box, back-covering approach”.

A High Court has handed a 15 year ban to a director who operated investment scams that lost consumers at least £13.3 million.

Pensions are “top of the list” of issues that the FCA faces for their importance to society, the regulator’s new chief executive says.

Paraplanners have been urged by an FCA specialist to ditch ‘flaky’ suitability reports and make them easier on the eye.

A member of the Financial Advice Market Review panel has called for a rise in the £150 tax-exempt advice available for employees via their employer.