FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M
Corporate Finance

FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M

4m Accountancy Age

FCA fines Woodford and his company £46M

Neil Woodford and Woodford Investment Management have been fined £46 million by the FCA for failures in managing the Woodford Equity Income Fund, whic...

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Barclays fined £42m over serious failures in financial crime controls
Audit

Barclays fined £42m over serious failures in financial crime controls

4m Accountancy Age

Barclays fined £42m over serious failures in finan...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays a combined £42 million for serious failings in its financial crime risk management, citing tw...

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FCA and PRA propose reforms to ease SM&CR burden
Business Regulation

FCA and PRA propose reforms to ease SM&CR burden

5m Accountancy Age

FCA and PRA propose reforms to ease SM&CR burden

The FCA and PRA have launched a joint consultation proposing targeted reforms to the Senior Managers & Certification Regime, aiming to reduce regulato...

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FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms under investigation
Business Regulation

FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms under investigation

9m Accountancy Age

FCA abandons plan to 'name and shame' more firms u...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has abandoned its proposal to introduce a public interest test for disclosing investigations into regulated firm...

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FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high compliance
Business Regulation

FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high compliance

9m Accountancy Age

FCA flags gaps in suitability reviews despite high...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that most financial advice firms are delivering suitability reviews as required, but gaps remain ...

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FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under investigation
Business Regulation

FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under investigation

10m Marina Mouka

FCA faces backlash over plan to expose firms under...

The UK’s financial watchdog is facing fierce resistance over its proposal to publicly disclose company investigations before enforcement action is tak...

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NAO to probe FCA over its effectiveness
Regulatory Bodies

NAO to probe FCA over its effectiveness

2y Greg Noble

NAO to probe FCA over its effectiveness

The review is understood to include examining the FCA’s governance, strategy, and culture and well as its approach to regulating diverse types of firm...

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UK CMCs turn to tech in face of “make or break” fee price cap proposals
Business

UK CMCs turn to tech in face of “make or break” fee price cap proposals

5y Aoife Morgan

UK CMCs turn to tech in face of “make or break” fe...

CMCs required to disclose key information to consumers Read More...

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FCA say firms act without “foresight”, but principles attacked over lack of clarity
Business

FCA say firms act without “foresight”, but principles attacked over lack of...

6y Tom Lemmon

FCA say firms act without “foresight”, but princip...

FCA director of enforcement and market oversight Mark Steward attacked firms for not fully considering the regulator’s principles, but event delegates...

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People Moves: BDO, Mazars, Deloitte Ventures and FCA
People Business

People Moves: BDO, Mazars, Deloitte Ventures and FCA

6y Shannon Moyer

People Moves: BDO, Mazars, Deloitte Ventures and F...

Accountancy Age’s weekly round-up of industry people moves features changes within regulatory bodies, mid-sized accountancy firms and a Big Four subsi...

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Deloitte pursues KPMG over audit of Goals Soccer Centres
Audit

Deloitte pursues KPMG over audit of Goals Soccer Centres

6y Chris Jewers

Deloitte pursues KPMG over audit of Goals Soccer C...

Investigations into accounting fraud at Goals has involved HMRC, the FCA, BDO, RSM, Deloitte and could see KPMG on the wrong end of legal action, acco...

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FCA: Adviser charging an ‘emotive’ subject
Practice

FCA: Adviser charging an ‘emotive’ subject

6y Chris Jewers

FCA: Adviser charging an ‘emotive’ subject

Comments from the FCA’s Debbie Gupta during a conference reaffirm the importance of remembering the human factor when advising clients. Read More...

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FCA denied extra powers but pushes for climate change risk disclosure
Regulation

FCA denied extra powers but pushes for climate change risk disclosure

6y Chris Jewers

FCA denied extra powers but pushes for climate cha...

The government has rejected the plan to give the FCA greater powers to regulate organisations, with the watchdog also seeking companies to be forced t...

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Mortgage Prisoners: 800,000 homeowners urged to switch to cheaper mortgages
Business

Mortgage Prisoners: 800,000 homeowners urged to switch to cheaper mortgages

6y Sponsored | Daniel Tannenbaum

Mortgage Prisoners: 800,000 homeowners urged to sw...

Many homeowners became trapped as a result of the financial crisis in 2008, whereby their mortgage rates and affordability terms changed dramatically ...

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FCA clarifies stance on Cryptoassets
Technology

FCA clarifies stance on Cryptoassets

6y Chris Jewers

FCA clarifies stance on Cryptoassets

In its official release, the FCA said: “Consumers should be cautious when investing in such cryptoassets and should ensure they understand and can bea...

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Do you ask financial services customers for feedback?
Business

Do you ask financial services customers for feedback?

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Do you ask financial services customers for feedba...

Maru/edr has revealed the results from their study into this topic and have revealed that many financial services customers feel unheard by their prov...

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FRC: new “rigorous requirements” for Stewardship Code
Corporate Governance

FRC: new “rigorous requirements” for Stewardship Code

7y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

FRC: new “rigorous requirements” for Stewardship C...

The Financial Reporting Council aims for the Stewardship Code to better complement “stronger corporate governance provisions” Read More...

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What are the duties and responsibilities of an accountant?
Career

What are the duties and responsibilities of an accountant?

7y Rebecca Brace

What are the duties and responsibilities of an acc...

What are the attributes, skills and qualifications needed to be an accountant? Read More...

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