FCA

Law and Regulation

Improving efficiency could net investors £37.5bn over 30 years

Improving market effectiveness and competition could net investors an extra £37.5bn in returns over 30 years according to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) interim chief executive Tracey McDermott.

clock 10 March 2016 • 1 min read

Admin / Technology

Privacy rules offer safe passage in ocean of big data

Ruaraidh Thomas believes forthcoming changes to data regulation bring opportunities for providers to get to know their customers better.

clock 08 March 2016 • 3 min read

Law and Regulation

Industry backs Which in urging Osborne to launch pension dashboard

Several industry players have supported Which in demands for George Osborne to launch a pensions dashboard in next week's Budget.

clock 08 March 2016 • 2 min read

Appointments

PIP appoints non-executive director

Isabel Liu has been hired as a non-executive director to sit on the board of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP).

clock 03 March 2016 • 1 min read

Defined Contribution

Scottish Widows to stop exit fee charges

Scottish Widows has announced it will remove all exit fees across its workplace pensions.

clock 02 March 2016 • 1 min read

Industry

Investment Association forms panel to set up new disclosure code

The Investment Association (IA) has introduced a working group to help establish a new code for disclosing asset management fees and costs.

clock 01 March 2016 • 2 min read

Regulation

FCA consults on how financial firms can better support ageing population

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a discussion paper to learn how financial services firm can better engage with an increasingly ageing population.

clock 22 February 2016 • 2 min read

Law and Regulation

Treasury's action plan to tackle transfer issues and high exit fees

PP gives a run-down of how the Treasury will act to remove ‘unjustifiable barriers' to people looking to access their pension pots under the pension freedoms.

clock 11 February 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Contribution

DC asset security working party publishes guide for trustees

A guide has been launched to help trustees understand what protections are available for defined contribution (DC) assets by the Security of DC Assets working party.

clock 09 February 2016 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

DB will still be alive in FTSE 250 within a year

DB schemes will not vanish from FTSE 250 companies in the next 12 months according to PP research.

clock 28 January 2016 • 5 min read
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