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FCA finalise plans to place a deadline on PPI complaints
March 2nd, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today confirmed that it will introduce a deadline for making new payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. The final deadline for making a new PPI complaint will be 29 August 2019. To encourage consumers to ...
FCA proposes reforms to the availability of information in the UK equity IPO process
March 1st, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a Consultation Paper (CP) proposing a package of measures to reform the availability of information during the UK equity initial public offering (IPO) process. The IPO process plays a vital role ...
Libor trader sues FCA over lifetime ban
February 23rd, 2017
Former UBS trader Tom Hayes is to sue the Financial Conduct Authority over the lifetime ban it placed on him after he was jailed for 11 years over his role in the Libor-rigging scandal. Hayes was the first to ...
FCA and OSC sign Co-operation Agreement to support FinTech business
February 23rd, 2017
Under a new Co-operation Agreement (Agreement), innovative FinTech businesses in Ontario and the United Kingdom will be able to seek support from their financial regulators as they seek to operate in the other’s market. Signed this week, the Agreement ...
FCA UK warns for FX Jupiter
February 22nd, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform investors and public that fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. According ...
FCA reports on new evidence on liquidity in the UK corporate bond market
February 16th, 2017
The Finacial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK, has issued a press release to inform regarding new data for the liquidity in the UK’s corporate bond market over the past two years. Below is the press releases as it was ...
FCA UK warns about the firm STP Markets
February 10th, 2017
FCA UK has issued a press release to inform that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without its authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling financial services or products ...
FCA opens discussion on regulatory approach to open-ended funds investing in illiquid assets
February 8th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a Discussion Paper (‘Paper’), which seeks stakeholder views on the practice of investing in illiquid assets through open-ended funds and the challenges that can pose to managers and investors. Illiquid assets ...
FCA and PRA publish final changes to enhance enforcement decision-making processes
February 1st, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have today published final changes in a Policy Statement (PS) aimed at strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of their enforcement decision-making processes. The consultation and policy recommendations covered ...
FCA fines Deutsche Bank £163 million for serious anti-money laundering controls failings
January 31st, 2017
Soon after the New York’s Department of Financial Services fined Deutsche Bank $425 million for Russian Mirror-Trading scheme, the U.K. regulators FCA announced a fined of £163,076,224 to Deutsche Bank AG for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering ...
