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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.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest Bank £14.5m for failings in their mortgage advice.

Some 97% of the £943m in fines collected by the financial regulator between 2010 and 2013 came from settlements, according to research from law firm Freshfields.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled a financial adviser did not pressurise an investor to buy 600 company shares after listening to recordings of their conversations.

The chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has offered harsh criticism of firms' efforts to improve how they deal with clients, saying most have not embraced the idea of treating customers fairly.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel is to launch an investigation into fund management costs after claiming some of the charges are "unjustified".