The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has barred Mr John Chiesa and Mrs Colette Chiesa, founders of an authorised IFA firm, from ever working in financial services for the “calculated way” they deceived creditors.
Brazil and Real Madrid player Marcelo Vieira is facing the prospect of Spanish tax investigators trawling through his accounts for a second time.
Work to clear up the boundary between advice and guidance will continue until firms learn to use “common sense” to benefit consumers, FCA chief executive Andrew Bailey has pledged.
The UK’s financial services sector has “lost its mojo” because it has forgotten about servicing clients amid the maelstrom of regulation, according to Stephen Lansdown.
Research unbundling could lead to widespread job losses for analysts in a post-Mifid world according to research by Capital Access Group (CAG).
Invesco Perpetual has issued a stark warning online after discovering its clients are being targeted by ‘sophisticated’ fraudsters in telephone calls and emails.
The cold calling ban gives the pension, investment and advice industry a huge opportunity to put the scammers out of business by denying them a market says Red Circle Financial Planning director Darren Cooke.
Fidelity International has decided it will pass on costs for external research under Mifid II to clients.
Although details of president Donald Trump’s repatriation tax plan are not yet concrete, Neptune Investment Management thinks it looks promising for the US economy and income investors.
Sell-side research is too positive, too short term and avoids controversial topics leading to a misallocation of capital, according to a survey of sell side analysts themselves.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been accused of dealing with an issue that “doesn’t need fixing” after unveiling a regulatory hub for asset management start-ups.
A hub to help fledgling asset management firms get off the ground will be launched next month by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
