FCA

Retirement | 17 Aug 16

Pension liberation scams are increasingly being endorsed by FCA-regulated financial advisers, advocacy group Pension Life has warned.

Equities | 15 Aug 16

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to investigate absolute return funds as part of its review into the asset management market, amid poor performance despite the flood of money being pumped into the strategy.

Best Practice | 5 Aug 16

The belief that due diligence on investment products shouldn’t rest solely with advisers has seen Prudential commission two independent research companies to produce four guides to support financial advisers in meeting their research requirements.

Retirement | 4 Aug 16

The UK regulator is planning to take a fresh look at how it calculates levels of redress when unsuitable advice is given on the transfer of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes. While advisers claim it’s not just DB schemes that are facing issues, with some defined contribution (DC) pension transfers also proving problematic.

Best Practice | 3 Aug 16

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has voiced concerns about the “inappropriate influence” that unauthorised introducers have on investment choices made by UK advisers, revealing that it has seen a growing number of cases where client pensions are being transferred into unregulated high risk products.