Regulation

Treasury Committee greenlights Bailey’s FCA appointment

The Treasury Committee has published its report ‘Appointment of Andrew Bailey as Chief Executive of the...

Fluent for Advisers sees post-MCD rise in seconds demand

Fluent for Advisers has reported an upward trend in new business in the months...

FCA cancels payday lender’s permissions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to cancel interim permissions for Wage Payment...

FSE London registration begins

Registration to attend the Financial Services Expo (FSE) London is now open. The event will take...

FCA fines Towergate and former director

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Towergate Underwriting Group £2,632,000 for failings in...

Enterprise: MCD behind second charge slowdown

Enterprise Finance has launched its new Second Charge Report, replacing its Secured Loan Index. This...

Financial Services Consumer Panel chair reappointed

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reappointed Sue Lewis as chair of the Financial...

Phoebus Software agrees deal with Atom Bank

Phoebus Software (PSL) and Atom Bank have signed a five year contract to work...

FCA removes additional consumer BTL fees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to remove consumer buy-to-let (CBTL) periodic fee and CBTL...

FSE: buy-to-let market “not out of control”

The growing pressure being brought to bear on the buy-to-let market could backfire if...

FSE: AMI warns of challenges ahead

Robert Sinclair, CEO of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has said that mortgage...

AMI slams FCA over fees implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has criticised the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over...

Brexit: FCA issues regulatory statement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement on EU referendum result. The regulator...

CA sets up home buying process working group

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has has established a working group to deliver its response...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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Home insurance price falls ease as market shows signs of stabilising

Average combined buildings and contents premiums continued to edge lower last month, according to...

Hamptons fundraising partnership with Mind reaches £150,000 milestone

Estate agency Hamptons has raised £150,000 for mental health charity Mind since the partnership...

Scotland and Yorkshire lead UK housing market activity in 2025

Scotland and Yorkshire have emerged as home to the UK’s most active housing markets...

Affordability issues likely to intensify until 2027, lenders warn

Mortgage affordability is expected to become a more pressing issue by 2027, according to...

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