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FCA update on its status disclosure rules

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

On 1 May 2013, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a press release to clarify the 12 month transitional period for authorised firms to

FSA’s Enforcement and crime Division continues to deliver on its promises

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 7 2011

'Credible deterrence' remained the FSA's enforcement buzz words in 2010

FOS does not breach human rights

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 7 2011

The FOS’s compliance with fundamental principles of justice was thrown into the spotlight by last week’s ECHR decision in the cause célèbre case of Heather Moor & Edgecomb Limited (HME) v UK (FOS

MoU between FCA and FOS: will complaints handling become more risky?

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 29 2012

The FOS published a draft MoU with the future FCA that has blurred an already hazy line between the ombudsman and regulator

FSA talks tough about auditors and actuaries

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 22 2010

The FSA has entered the vigorous debate on the role of auditors and actuaries in the recent financial crisis

Class actions in the UK - the Financial Services Bill

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 22 2010

D&O and PI insurers could face an increase in high-value claims if the Financial Services Bill, currently at the Committee Stage in the House of Lords, is adopted

FSA clamp-down on senior management

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 9 2007

"The FSA holds senior management of regulated firms responsible for ensuring their firms are organised competently in order to meet their regulatory obligations."

Financial Services Act 2010: new powers for disclosure and regulation of financial sector remuneration

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 18 2010

The Financial Services Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 and includes powers for: HM Treasury to make regulations which require detailed disclosure of executive remuneration in financial sector firms (with effect from 8 April 2010

Final responses by 1 June for complaints for over £100k

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 25 2011

There is likely to be a small but not insignificant flurry of final responses sent before 1 June regarding high value complaints as firms try to avoid the likely increase in the FOS award limit from £100k to £150k which will apply from January 2012

Industry seeks to put FOS in its place and FOS fights back

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 23 2011

In recent weeks the performance and powers of the FOS have been under intense scrutiny with its own Annual Review, the BBA’s judicial review of the PPI complaints rules and FSA announcements about award limits and rule changes