Amending the ban on incentives for high risk investments
The FCA have recently announced that they are consulting on minor amendments to the ban on offering retail clients incentives to invest...
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Jun 8, 20231 min read
FCA policy statement on financial promotion rules for cryptoassets
On 8th June the FCA announced that the financial promotions regime will apply to crypto assets from 8th October 2023. Rules were also...
May 31, 20231 min read
Consultation Paper launched to improve protection for borrowers in financial difficulty
On 25th May 2023 the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP23/13) setting out its plans to remove the current Tailored Support Guidance...
May 25, 20232 min read
The rise of the fin-fluencer – financial educators or risk promoters
It’s hardly surprising in the current digital age of social media apps such as Tik-Tok, YouTube Instagram and Twitter that the rise of...
May 23, 20231 min read
Directors convicted in Collateral fraud case
Following a 5 week trial the two founders (Peter and Andrew Currie) of Collateral UK have been convicted of both fraud and money...
May 4, 20231 min read
Steps to improve whistleblower confidence announced by the FCA
This week the FCA set out the actions it will take in order to improve the confidence of whistleblowers. This follows a qualitative...
Apr 26, 20232 min read
New "failure to prevent fraud" offence announced for large UK organisations
The UK government has recently published further details on the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence in which organisations will now be...
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Innovation, artificial intelligence and the future of financial regulation
Last week the FCA published the speech by Jessica Rusu, their Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, delivered to delegates...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
FCA issues metrics update for authorisation timescales
On 21 March 2023 the FCA published an update on its operating service metrics for dealing with various applications, including...
Mar 17, 20231 min read
FCA to collect Treasury’s economic crime levy (Anti-Money Laundering) from July
The Government has introduced an economic crime levy (ECL) to fund its fight against the rise in economic crime and money laundering. The...
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Fast-growing firms review published by FCA
Earlier this month the FCA published a review of its findings and expectations of FCA solo-regulated fast-growing firms. The review was...
Feb 1, 20232 min read
FCA highlights areas of focus for firms implementing the Consumer Duty
Following on from the new Consumer Duty rules and guidance published by the FCA in July 2022 there is now less than six months to go...
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