regulation

Small firms engaging in poor practice stand a better chance of getting caught by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the new regulatory framework as the regulator has shifted its focus on its thematic work, according to a consultancy.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed director of supervision Clive Adamson is leaving the organisation as it makes sweeping structural and personnel changes.

FCA director of enforcement Tracey McDermott is to become the regulator's director of supervision in a shake-up of its reporting lines, according to reports.

Think-tank New City Initiative (NCI) chairman Dominic Johnson has called for a dedicated Financial Conduct Authority division to help start-up firms.

Neil Woodford, private equity investor Jon Moulton and former Goldman Sachs Asset Management chair Jim O'Neill are among those to have backed digital bank Atom ahead of its 2015 launch.

Firms need to be clearer on in-house products

'Charges debate is about value as well as clarity'

Banking regulators in Jersey have warned consumers and investors not to deal with a bank claiming to operate in the Channel Islands.

Investment managers have made little change to how they purchase research using dealing commission despite a Financial Conduct Authority crackdown earlier this year.

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) about annuities and income drawdown products have accelerated since the March Budget, new figures have shown.