3/25/2025 5:55:22 PM The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first By Duncan Campbell Interventions and enforcement take a back seat for most of the FCA's 2025-30 strategy. Or do they? The need for speed Yes, the FCA...
3/17/2025 4:16:48 PM FCA review of customer support – culture, metrics and the removal of sludge By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell Journey mapping to identify potential ‘sludge’ and innovative uses of data analytics: just two examples of good practice in the FCA’s...
3/17/2025 4:15:11 PM FCA guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – the power of the personal touch By Sara Cody Duncan Campbell After the seemingly endless stream of Consumer Duty publications published in the first year after go-live, the apparent pause in recent...
3/12/2025 4:31:02 PM FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins By Duncan Campbell Sara Cody The FCA is walking back much of the substance of its enforcement transparency proposals. We've got history Many will recall that its...
2/25/2025 5:18:40 PM 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers: the FCA’s ongoing advice review – why it isn’t ‘job done’ just yet By Oli Palmer This is the first blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. A year on...
2/7/2025 9:30:10 AM House of Lords boxes in FCA over investigations transparency proposals By Duncan Campbell The saga continues. After the FCA made its initial proposals to publicise ongoing investigations, uproar ensued. The FCA watered them...
11/28/2024 12:00:48 PM FCA adjusts its controversial investigations transparency proposals – here’s what you need to know By Elizabeth Dowd Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The much-anticipated follow-up to the FCA’s proposals on transparency in enforcement investigations (CP 24/2) has finally landed in the...
11/20/2024 1:03:31 PM Re-dressing redress: the FCA and FOS joint Call for Input By Oli Palmer The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have published a joint Call for Input (CFI) on reforming the...
10/10/2024 3:57:42 PM Significant Court of Appeal judgment on FCA's redress powers By Nikunj Kiri Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The Court of Appeal has published its much anticipated judgment in the BlueCrest v FCA case. For the details, read our briefing note. By...
9/25/2024 11:36:52 AM Look out! FCA Enforcement "green shoots" incoming By Duncan Campbell Here's the tl;dr of Therese Chambers' speech to an AFME conference on 24 September plus the answers to questions she fielded afterwards. ...
9/25/2024 11:19:23 AM Payments firms face stricter safeguarding standards By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Arjun Lakhani Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Bethan Poole Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority has set out its stall to strengthen safeguarding rules for payments and e-money firms. Firms will need to...
9/20/2024 2:59:55 PM Segmentation, vulnerability and blurred lines: the FCA's latest Consumer Duty value messaging By Duncan Campbell The FCA is forming some pretty pointed concerns about firms' value assessments. It has observed that many firms have found them...
9/17/2024 4:48:06 PM Big moves in the FCA's annual interventions and enforcement data By Duncan Campbell The FCA's annual report and metrics are out. The metrics contain most of what's useful, but as usual the message is hidden in the detail...
9/5/2024 11:46:15 AM More FCA retail enforcement incoming (if the latest Skilled Persons stats are anything to go by) By Duncan Campbell The latest FCA Skilled Persons (SP) statistics are in, completing the data for the reporting year just gone. We've charted them for you...
7/31/2024 4:07:32 PM The latest FCA Consumer Duty messaging (frogs and all) By Duncan Campbell Sheldon Mills is talking about frogs again. Small mercies, though: in this latest speech (at an FCA hybrid event on 31 July 2024) he was...
7/5/2024 11:39:44 AM Labour and the future of financial services regulation and enforcement By Sara Cody The Labour victory on 4 July 2024 represents the first time since 2010 that the party has been given the opportunity to shape the way in...