Wealth managers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is preparing to enforce new absolute return disclosure requirements but has opted not to implement the more stringent proposals some had recommended.

Partnership Life Assurance Company, part of the Partnership Assurance Group, has confirmed it is the subject of a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation into potentially unsuitable distribution agreements with advisory firms.

Tailormade, which advised on self-invested personal pension (SIPP) transfers into troubled overseas property company Harlequin and was a major distributor of Harlequin investments, is entering liquidation because it cannot finance redress payments to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is not seeking to pile more pressure on adviser firms already under financial strain by investigating payments they may receive from providers, its director responsible for supervising advisers said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found breaches to Principle 8 regarding conflicts of interest in half of the firms it reviewed as part of a report into inducements in the financial sector between advisers and providers.

Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)could make a decision on the sale of its 315-branch Project Rainbow business this week, amid reports one of the three bidders for the unit has had its offer rejected.

AXA Wealth Services (AXA) was today fined £1.8m for giving poor investment advice to elderly and inexperienced customers, even though only 82 people complained. So what went wrong?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined AXA Wealth Services £1,802,200 for failing to ensure it gave suitable investment advice to its customers.

Jane Lowe, director of markets at the Investment Management Association (IMA), is to exit the UK-based trade body in November.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed for the first time it has joined an international probe into the alleged rigging of the multi-trillion dollar interest rate derivatives market.