Financial Conduct Authority
FCA finds governance issues in review of banks’ trading practices
Regulator flags limited information sharing after assessing the way eight big banks handle trades for their clients
‘Your capital is at risk’: FCA takes aim at pointless investor warnings
Firms don’t have to include wording around potential losses in their marketing, City watchdog confirms
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FCA moves to axe rules for professional clients
Wealthy investors will be able to opt out of some of the watchdog’s rules as it attempts to draw a line between sophisticated individuals and the mass market
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Why 2026 could be private markets’ year of regulatory reckoning
With the Bank of England publishing details of its stress tests of the sector, it could be the year that watchdogs finally catch up with a booming market
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FCA overhauls complaints reporting in bid to streamline process
The City watchdog is rolling separate forms into one to make it easier for firms to disclose the complaints against them
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UK bond tape challenger backs lifting contract suspension
Ediphy maintains allegations of a technical error and conflict of interest failings in its lawsuit against the Financial Conduct Authority, but wants to ‘encourage certainty’ in the UK bond market
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FCA refutes claim it mishandled bond tape auction
Regulator has asked a court to lift a suspension on awarding the consolidated tape contract while it challenges Ediphy’s lawsuit
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Revealed: The questions the FCA is asking private markets firms
Firms operating in the sector are subject to a wide-ranging survey about their activities
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FCA executive Mills quits regulator
Sheldon Mills has been a diversity advocate at the watchdog and led its consumers and competition division
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FCA hunts insolvency experts to stop system-wide collapses
The City watchdog is roping in outsiders to help stop crises spreading when firms are winding down
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UK equities consolidated tape could boost traders by £154m, FCA says
The City watchdog is consulting on a centralised stock trading data feed
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FCA probes private markets firms
Conflicts of interest and fair treatment of customers in the spotlight as regulator asks for a raft of information from firms
FCA asks UK court to lift suspension on bond tape contract
Regulator’s written defence to Ediphy’s lawsuit is due by the end of this week
UK’s private share trading scheme faces delays as Pisces approvals languish
Regulator has approved a single operator under the regime, as at least two other firms wait for the green light
FCA targets 2027 launch for UK equities consolidated tape
UK and EU consolidated tapes have come under scrutiny in recent weeks
FCA to make short-sellers anonymous in win for hedge funds
City regulator also plans lower threshold for private disclosures of bets against UK stocks
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TP ICAP fired brokers for gross misconduct. Competitors hired them anyway
The FCA must stop ‘rolling bad apples,’ world’s largest interdealer broker says
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FCA warns some asset managers are unprepared for move to T+1
City regulator may start requesting transition plans from firms
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FCA sues billionaire Trump backer’s crypto exchange over financial promotions
City regulator takes aim at firm owned by Chinese crypto mogul Justin Sun
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FCA to run anti-money laundering checks on lawyers and accountants
Law Society and ICAEW warn that a single supervisor could increase costs and regulatory burdens
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