FCA
Tax & Regulation | 5 Oct 16
UK asset managers will have to reveal costs to pension schemes
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled new rules that will force asset managers to disclose the transactions costs they charge pension schemes when investing in their funds.
FCA fines Aviva £8.2m over wrap platform failings
Aviva has been fined £8.2m ($10.4m, €9.3m) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to monitor outsourced client assets on its wrap platform.
Tax & Regulation | 29 Sep 16
UK advisers must record calls under new FCA Mifid II rules
Financial advisers in the UK may be required to record phone calls to clients under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals regarding Mifid II, which also looks at extending the RDR commission ban for portfolio managers.
Tax & Regulation | 29 Sep 16
Former UK BlackRock fund manager charged with insider dealing
Mark Lyttleton, a former star manager of BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha, has been charged with three counts of insider dealing by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Tax & Regulation | 27 Sep 16
Adviser gets extra prison time for failing to repay investors
A financial adviser who funded a lavish lifestyle from investments in an unauthorised collective investment scheme has had an extra 603 days added to his prison sentence for failing to comply with a court order to repay investors.