11/18/2025
The FCA survey questions stressing out wealth boutiques
Earlier this year the financial watchdog sent out the third iteration of its annual information request to the wealth and stockbroking sector.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
11/17/2025
State Pension could suffer ‘dramatic’ change — It could reach 70 within 5 years
Discover why the increase in State Pension age could be moved to a higher qualifying age
11/17/2025
Lawrence Stephens announces the launch of LS Private
Acting as a single point of accountability, LS Private coordinates the full ecosystem of legal, financial, and personal affairs ensuring that every adviser, asset, and decision is aligned.
11/14/2025
Navigating consolidation in the financial advice and wealth management sector: Key insights from the FCA’s multi-firm review
The FCA wants to support consolidators to invest and innovate to provide their clients with good outcomes on a long-term and stable basis.
11/14/2025
FCA partners with Singapore to drive growth and AI innovation
This will enable innovative firms in the UK and Singapore to scale and operate across markets more effectively.
11/14/2025
FCA review finds CFD providers may be failing to deliver fair value to consumers
Some good practice was in evidence, including firms simplifying fee structures and stopping investors who might not be able to shoulder losses from buying CFDs in the first place.
11/14/2025
International: HR issues in the family office context — Retention and remuneration of family office personnel
Balancing tradition, professionalism and legal compliance
11/13/2025
Paraplanners increasing AI usage to tackle regulation pressure
To tackle these pressures, many are responding with innovation with more than one in five (22%) now using AI either as part of their core processes, or for specific tasks.
11/13/2025
Strengthening market resilience: navigating evolving dynamics in sovereign markets − speech by Lee Foulger
Given at AFME's 20th Annual European Government Bond Conference
11/13/2025
FT Adviser readers slam ‘totally unworkable’ IHT on pensions rules
Responding to the article, FT Adviser readers set out their own concerns with the plans.
11/13/2025
North Wales to pioneer UK’s first small modular reactors
Anglesey set for thousands of new jobs as Prime Minister confirms Wylfa will host UK's first small modular nuclear reactors.
11/12/2025
Building the mortgage market of tomorrow
The current mortgage market is healthy, but our Mortgage Rule Review is focussed on enabling the mortgage market of the future.
11/12/2025
Banks: Regulation as a source of innovation?
Objectway has developed a collaborative approach to regulation
11/12/2025
FCA Approval Granted For Marylebone Partners To Join Brown Advisory
The combination of Brown Advisory and Marylebone Partners adds strength to the investment offering for private clients, charities, family offices and endowments.
11/12/2025
PS22/25 – Leverage Ratio: Changes to the retail deposits threshold for application of the requirement
The policy will take effect on 1 January 2026.
11/12/2025
Climate performance matters for bank credit in the euro area
The survey also asks banks whether the demand they see for loans has increased, decreased, or remained broadly unchanged.
11/11/2025
Credit builder products: what you need to know
Credit builder products claim to help you build a record of making payments, which could improve your credit history and score.
11/10/2025
Payments Vision Delivery Committee sets out new payments strategy
The strategy is anchored around 5 strategic outcomes that build on innovation, competition and security and its delivery will benefit consumers
11/10/2025
Germany’s BaFin levies $52m fine on JP Morgan
The penalty is stated to be the result of “shortcomings” in the bank’s systems for preventing money laundering.
11/10/2025
The EBA calls on financial and non-financial counterparties using an initial margin model based on ISDA SIMM to seek authorisation through their competent authorities
The EBA underscores the counterparties' obligation to apply for the authorisation of the use of initial margin models and warns of the legal consequences in case of non-authorised use under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).