CBI survey shows confidence of financial firms is plummeting
The confidence level of the UK’s financial services industry is lower than at any point since the financial crisis of the last decade, according to the latest quarterly survey from [...]
Significant new appointments at FCA and MAPS
Recent appointments at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) include: Marlene Shiels as Chair of the Smaller Business Practitioner Panel, which aims to represent the views of smaller firms. She has [...]
FCA director speaks on its regulation of pensions as a major provider is fined, and HMRC reveals how inadequate some people’s pension pots are
The pensions sector is being closely monitored by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) at present and some of the latest regulatory pensions news includes: Speech warns that pension transfer advice [...]
FCA holds webinar on how employee motivation can bring about the positive corporate culture the regulator wants to see
Senior figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are increasingly talking about the culture within firms. The regulator says that it is often not possible to write prescriptive rules in [...]
Trade association holds podcast on debt collection and vulnerability
UK Finance, the trade association for banks and finance providers, recently held a podcast entitled ‘Debt collection and vulnerability – past, present & future’. The first point covered was that [...]
FCA chair speaks about how the debt sector and other areas of financial services might respond to an economic downturn
Charles Randell, Chairman of the FCA, spoke at the Gleneagles Pensions & Savings Symposium in late September. The title of his speech was ‘stress testing for human beings’ and the theme of the [...]