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Link Fund Solutions sale completes

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... Fund Solutions arm to Waystone was first announced in February, after a long battle with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about its role as an authorised corporate director to the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund. In August, Link said it ...

Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... flagging concerns around poor disclosure of fees and under-investment in technology. In the letter, the Financial Conduct Authority's director of consumer investments Lucy Castledine outlined "key harms" to consumers the regulator has identified across ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... would put the Australian market regulator in line with other jurisdictions. In March, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a letter to CEOs of index providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. ...

Link Group to cop $418m loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... issues in the UK. In April, Link Group reached a conditional agreement with the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, to settle its investigation into Link Fund Solutions following the failure of the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, which Link ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... disregarding liquidity risks and are unprepared in the event of mass redemptions, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finds. The UK regulator found that many authorised funds dismiss their liquidity management obligations by way of poor ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... which can only be understood by taking a system-wide perspective," it said. Working closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Pensions Regulator, the BoE will bring together data and information from various parts of the financial system ...

FCA simplifies listing rules to attract global companies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed reforms to simplify listing rules, positioning the UK to attract a wider range of companies. The FCA wants to make the UK's listing regime more effective, easier to understand, and competitive, ultimately ...

Link Group sells Funds Solutions, settles with FCA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Link Group has sold the troubled Fund Solutions business and reached a settlement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the Woodford fund issues. Fund Solutions has been sold to Waystone Group, for between $203 to $259 million (£110- £140) ...

Apple dives deeper into financial services

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... account. Silicon Valley's entry into the space has caused some concern for regulators, last year the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched an inquiry into big tech firms like Google, Facebook Amazon and Apple entering financial markets with fears ...

ASIC cans Binance AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... any form of UK authorisation, registration or licence to conduct regulated activity in the UK," the Financial Conduct Authority said.