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Best Practice | 9 Apr 18

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says its next annual budget and business plan will make explicit the costs associated to Brexit that it will have to absorb, news that will likely be welcomed by the financial services industry.

Best Practice | 6 Apr 18

The Financial Conduct Authority has set its sights on those offering and advising on cryptocurrency derivatives, saying there will be consequences if they do not comply with current regulation.

Companies | 6 Apr 18

Abaco Capital, a pharmaceutical company majority-owned by Neil Woodford, has announced its intention to cease trading on the Aim exchange and enter voluntary liquidation after failing to make a mandatory takeover bid.

Best Practice | 6 Apr 18

Despite being three years since HM Revenue & Customs introduced the pension freedoms, two out of three people over the age of 55 say they are still confused by the regulations.

Companies | 5 Apr 18

A whistleblower who leaked more than 100,000 records from HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm, which led to tax evasion probes across the world, was arrested in Spain but released a day later.