FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on the boundaries between advice and guidance after it found execution-only services have strayed into giving advice.

The FCA's five key tests for investment advice

Advice firms have raised fears over "systemic mis-selling" through simplified advice and said ongoing regulatory uncertainty has stifled market developments, according to the FCA.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has laid out for firms what it views as the differences between ‘information' and ‘investment advice' - and when information can be advice.

Guidance or advice?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on guidance to clarify the boundaries between different investment advice models, such as simplified, or automated, advice.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley was paid a total of £610,000 in the year to 31 March, with a basic salary of £460,000, figures published today show.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) spent £3.3m on overseeing the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) last year, according to its annual accounts, a 37.5% increase on the cost of the rule change before implementation.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is in "active discussions" with one asset manager on client redress after a review of fund managers' use of dealing commissions found widespread failings.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to launch a probe into competition within the asset management industry, focusing on whether practices in the wholesale space are having a negative effect.