Recent proposals from the Department for Work and Pensions on the funding of defined benefit (DB) pension scheme could force many employers to put an end to DB schemes, according to pensions consultancy LCP.

Client insight firm Investor in Customers (IIC) has launched a new Consumer Duty assessment service.

The FCA has appointed Home Office director Ruairi O’Connell to be its new director of international as it continues its recruitment drive.

The Complaints Commissioner, which investigates complaints against the FCA, has issued a ruling clarifying that the regulator has no responsibility beyond regulated companies.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to implement new rules to make authorised firms more responsible for their appointed representatives (ARs) from December.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that its proposed redress scheme for the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) scandal could see advice firms pay over £140m in compensation.

The Financial Conduct Authority is to introduce tougher rules to tackle “misleading adverts” that encourage consumers to invest in high-risk products. 

The Financial Conduct Authority has begun its long-awaited regulation of the funeral plan market from today.

In this exclusive Guest Column for Financial Planning Today, Andy Agathangelou, founder of the Transparency Task Force, looks at why regulation is failing to protect consumers, the human misery caused by financial crime and how Financial Planners can help. 

The FCA has launched a new section on its website to give regulated firms regularly updated guidance on helping clients hit by the cost of living crisis.