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Sue Lewis appointed Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel
Sue Lewis has been appointed the new Chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer Panel. The Panel advises the FCA on the interests and concerns of consumers providing constructive challenge to its policymaking process. -
FCA charges two in relation to an unauthorised investment scheme
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Alex Hope of Docklands, London and Raj Von Badlo of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire with a total of ten offences relating to an unauthorised investment scheme they promoted and operated. The scheme -
FCA sets out new rules for the platforms industry
The Financial Conduct Authority has published rules to make the way that investors pay for platforms more transparent. In the future, platforms, in both the advised and non-advised market, will not be allowed to be funded by payments (commonly -
FCA fines EFG Private Bank £4.2m for failures in its anti-money laundering controls
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank Ltd (EFG) £4.2 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers. The failings were serious -
Santander UK to contact more than 270,000 borrowers after raising cap on mortgage standard variable rate in 2008 without being clear
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with Santander UK plc (Santander) that will see it contact over 270,000 mortgage customers about unclear information it gave before increasing the cap on its mortgage standard variable -
FCA bans and censures managing director of SIPP operator Montpelier Pension Administration Services Limited
The FCA has banned Kevin Wells, the managing director of Montpelier Pension Administration Services Limited (MPAS), from performing any significant influence function at any regulated firm, and also censured him. -
IOSCO proposes Principles for Financial Benchmarks
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Task Force on Financial Market Benchmarks (the Task Force), which the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley co-chairs, has published its proposed Principles -
FCA charges eight men in relation to land banking
Eight men have been charged by the FCA with conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law and criminal offences relating to the carrying out of a regulated activity without authorisation or exemption -
FCA publishes complaints data for the second half of 2012
We have published the latest complaints data showing complaints to financial services firms between July and December 2012. -
FCA publishes occasional papers on behavioural economics exploring how people make financial decisions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published two occasional papers on behavioural economics to explore how people make financial decisions.