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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on the use of social media by regulated firms, after outlining its expectations of companies when communicating with customers via channels such as Twitter.

The FCA has used its consumer protection powers for the first time, banning the sale of contingent convertible securities to the mass market.

The pension pot at the end of the rainbow

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to restrict firms from selling contingent convertible securities (CoCos) to retail investors as of 1 October in the first use of its new consumer protection powers.

Shareholders in the troubled Invesco Property Income trust have been told they are likely to lose their entire investment after it was suspended pending an effective firesale of its assets.

Discretionary fund managers are facing growing pressure to standardise managed portfolio fees as the FCA considers warning advisers against using any service where costs are not clear.

How do you replace Neil Woodford?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a fresh warning to consumers about the risks of investing in corporate bond funds.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used its suspension power for the first time to ban two of the Financial group's subsidiaries, network Financial and separate firm Investments, from recruiting new appointed representatives (ARs).

The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation which may lead to early removal of the requirement for companies to publish interim management statements.