FCA

This week's top stories included coverage of the Treasury Committee's report on household finances, which outlined a series of proposed incremental changes.

MPs have again been warned that it may become illegal to pay private pensions to expat Britons if the government fails to secure a Brexit deal.

Jonathan Stapleton says the jury is out on whether or not the competition watchdog has gotten it right with its proposals for consultants and fiduciaries.

Henry Tapper says CDC makes sense as a means of solving one of the most intractable of economic problems but this 'new order of things' is getting a bad reception

Proposals for mandatory tendering of fiduciary management services, as well as additional guidance for trustees, have been welcomed by industry commentators albeit with some caution.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will publish its provisional decision as to whether there are adverse effects on competition in the investment consultants market on the morning of 18 July.

Respondents in last week's Pensions Buzz said such pathways would help guide members and improve retirement outcomes.

A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) working group has recommended five institutional cost disclosure templates, although it says these should not be made mandatory.

The Treasury Committee has written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ask for publication of analysis on the impact leaving the European Union is likely to have on the regulator.

The industry has been reacting to TPR and the FCA's joint call for input on how they will tackle pensions issues. Victoria Ticha looks at some of the responses