11 Apr, 2022 FCA takes a new strategic approach - but is there more regulatory volatility ahead? By Duncan Campbell Simon Treacy The FCA's latest three-year Strategy and one-year Business Plan take a fresh approach. Previous Business Plans were structured by sector....
29 Nov, 2021 Moving fast and breaking things: FCA executives take more power By Duncan Campbell Remember when the FCA consulted on proposed changes to its decision-making procedure? Well, these have happened, effective 26 November...
16 Sep, 2021 The FCA's plan to tackle investment harm: what are the areas of greatest enforcement and contentious supervisory risk? By Duncan Campbell There's a lot of detail in the FCA's new plan to tackle investment harm and the accompanying consumer investments data review. Much of...
30 Jul, 2021 Power shifts within the FCA - quick-fire executive decision-making is coming into style By Duncan Campbell The FCA is consulting on significant proposed changes to its decision-making procedure to facilitate rapid regulatory action. The...
19 May, 2021 Selling goods and services on credit? You might want to do a spring clean on your credit-broking activities By Jean Price We are all familiar with the interest-free or low-cost credit offers used to entice us towards that larger purchase whether it is a new...
19 May, 2021 You're an e-money firm - not a bank! By Jean Price Following the well-publicised failure of Premier FX, the FCA continues to be concerned that e-money firms are marketing themselves as an...