Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and fined a former senior partner of St James's Place after clients lost out investing in companies he controlled.

The chief executive and a former director of the tax specialist arm of financial group Montpelier have been cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped the case against them.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) will today meet with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as it continues to push the regulator over an adviser long-stop.

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said he has confidence the Money Advice Service (MAS) is a "competent organisation", though said it faces a huge operational challenge to deliver the free financial guidance...

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has launched a new consumer awareness campaign, starring five celebrities, which it hopes will increase awareness of the scheme to 70% of savers.

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) directors racked up expense claims between April last year and this March of £61,887, mainly to cover the cost of foreign travel for the chairman, chief executive and supervision director.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating the suspended £120m Axiom Legal Financing fund and its founder Tim Schools, Professional Adviser understands.

Capita's administration arm has written to a number of Arch cru investors asking them to return money from the redress scheme, after the payouts breached tax rules.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined the director of a London advice firm £350,000 and banned him from practising for mis-selling high risk unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS).

The Whitechurch Network spent more than £704,000 in 2013 settling claims related to advice given by its appointed representatives on Keydata and Arch cru.