The Pensions Ombudsman has admitted it has been struggling to cope with rising demand as figures show a 42% increase in investigations over five years. Read more ...

Comics are one of the “smarter and more effective” ways firms should be communicating with consumers, the FCA has suggested. Read more ...

The FCA has set out options for measuring value of general insurance products following concerns about poor value and a lack of effective competition. Read more ...

A £75m bill is heading the way of financial advisers to pay for the FCA in this financial year – a jump of 10.2%. Read more ...

The FCA must fire a warning to firms that barriers stopping savers accessing their pensions are unacceptable, the Government has commanded. Read more ...

Chancellor George Osborne has set out his ambitions to make Britain’s financial services sector the best regulated in the world and to have the highest standards. Read more ...

The FCA fined firms over £1.47billion in 2014, which was about treble the amount of the previous year. Read more ...

FCA chiefs have reiterated their desire today to tear down the obstacles blocking the path for finance firms wanting to use digital and mobile technology to innovate. Read more ...

Rule changes to make advising on the transfer of safeguarded pension benefits into flexible benefits a regulated activity could lead to further up skilling in the industry, a pensions expert believes. Read more ...

An equity release adviser who made “illegitimate transfers” totalling £1,000,000 has been hit with a ban by The Financial Conduct Authority today. Read more ...