Regulation

AMI bemoans FCA fee proposals

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has issued a number of objections to proposals...

FCA: debt firms still failing vulnerable customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a thematic review which which states that...

SimplyBiz Group reaches 2,500 member firm mark

SimplyBiz Group has revealed its membership numbers now stand at 2,500 firms and an estimated...

Regulators propose 10-year banker bonus clawback

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published new remuneration...

Fluent Money secures full authorisation

Fluent Money has announced that it is one of the first second charge distributors...

FCA fined firms over £1.47bn in 2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) penalised firms a total of £1.47bn in 2014, according...

Shawbrook offers FCA permissions guidance

The commercial mortgages division of Shawbrook Bank has released its own set of guidelines around FCA...

We need greater clarity around MMR requirements

Last month I attended the ‘Great Retirement Money Debate’ which took place in London...

FCA appoints new key roles

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Mark Steward as its new director of...

LLoyds fined £117m over PPI complaints handling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine to Lloyds...

Landlords warned over tenancy deposits

Landlords are being warned that they have just a matter of weeks to protect...

Research highlights impact of MMR

45% of people who planned to buy a property since the introduction of the...

PFS worried by rising regulatory costs

Personal Finance Society chief executive, Keith Richards, has once again called for a review...

APFA wants phone recording ‘common sense’

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has submitted its response to the FCA’s...

Latest POLL

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

Cynergy Bank completes first residential mortgage-backed securitisation

Cynergy Bank has completed its debut securitisation transaction, securing capital relief as it continues...

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...

PROFILES