Law and Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) provisional decision to refer the investment consulting market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has largely been welcomed by the industry.

The findings of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) asset management market study have now been published. Here are the key points in full…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking further industry views on whether to refer the investment consulting market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), with a final decision expected in September.

The watchdog has published details of how it reached the settlement with Sir Philip Green over the future of two British Homes Stores (BHS) pension schemes.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has been granted £3.5m of additional funds to boost its compliance and enforcement work, its non-executive chairman Mark Boyle has said.

The watchdog's approach has become too aggressive in the last year and it seems to be moving away from a risk-based approach, according to Peter Askins.

The government suffered a major High Court defeat after guidance forcing the LGPS to invest in line with UK foreign policy was deemed unlawful. Stephanie Baxter finds it could have far-reaching consequences.

The Conservative Party has abandoned dropping the triple lock on the state pension in order to secure a confidence and supply deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Proposals to modernise processes around transfers have received support but miss some key points, writes Michael Klimes

The hung parliament means planned measures to mitigate scams will be kicked down the road, the industry has told PP.