Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

713 results about this entity

Period: 02 Sep 2004 - 14 Aug 2024

UK watchdog to step up monitoring of commodities

The UK's Financial Services Authority is to step up its oversight of the commodities market in the wake of a substantial bull run which it claims has raised risk levels for all market participants.

UK Treasury to overhaul tax and reporting for MiFID; compliance contractor pay skyrockets

The UK government has unveiled plans to modernise the tax system and refine reporting requirements in a bid to encourage greater competition to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from new market entities following implementation of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).

FSA fines Nationwide for security breach

The Nationwide Building Society has been fined £980,000 by the Financial Services Authority after an investigation into the theft of a company laptop from an employee's home last year exposed failings in its information security.

City slapped with £50m FSA bill

The Financial Services Authority's move to principles-based regulation will cost £50 million - with regulated firms picking up the bill - and will result in the loss of 300 jobs at the watchdog.

FSA warms to climate change risk

The Financial Services Authority has issued a stark warning to the financial services sector about the risks and challenges posed by global warming and climate change.

FSA establishes financial crime division

UK watchdog The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to establish a new financial crime and intelligence division that will examine and investigate the risks facing consumers from information security and hi-tech crime.

FSA chief Tiner to step down

John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is stepping down in July in order to work in the private sector.

UK bird flu tests expose contingency planning weaknesses

UK banks are being forced to re-evaluate contingency strategies to ensure businesses remain open in the event of a bird flu epidemic after a planning exercise organised by UK regulators found that increased staff absences could lead to branch closures and empty cash machines.

Detica wins FSA market abuse contract

UK business and technology group Detica has signed a letter of intent with the Financial Services Authority to build a new market abuse intelligence system.

Phishing figures worry FSA

The UK financial services sector has experienced an 8000% increase in online phishing scams in the past two years, according to figures presented by the Financial Services Authority.

Lords committee to grill financial organisations on customer data security

As part of an inquiry into personal Internet security, the UK's House of Lords will next week hear evidence from Apacs, The Financial Services Authority (FSA), Visa and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RSA) on policies that are in place to protect consumers from ID theft.

FSA ditches XBRL

The UK's Financial Services Authority has stated that it will not be introducing the eXtensible business reporting language (XBRL) format for filing of financial and regulatory returns.