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2351. Sue Lewis appointed Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel

      Press Releases Published: 29/04/2013 Last modified: 29/04/2013
      Sue Lewis has been appointed the new Chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer Panel. The Panel advises the FCA on the interests and concerns of consumers providing constructive challenge to its policymaking process.

2352. FCA sets out new rules for the platforms industry

      Press Releases Published: 26/04/2013 Last modified: 29/04/2013
      The Financial Conduct Authority has published rules to make the way that investors pay for platforms more transparent. In the future, platforms, in both the advised and non-advised market, will not be allowed to be funded by payments (commonly

2353. FCA Statement of Policy on the use of the power to direct qualifying parent undertakings

      News stories Published: 24/04/2013 Last modified: 24/04/2013
      The appendix to FSA PS13/5 - The New FCA Handbook sets out the Financial Conduct Authority’s policy on the use of its power to direct a qualifying parent undertaking (also known as an ‘unregulated holding company’). The powers relate to all FCA

2354. FCA fines EFG Private Bank £4.2m for failures in its anti-money laundering controls

      Press Releases Published: 24/04/2013 Last modified: 29/11/2021
      The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank Ltd (EFG) £4.2 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers. The failings were serious

2355. Santander UK to contact more than 270,000 borrowers after raising cap on mortgage standard variable rate in 2008 without being clear

      Press Releases Published: 19/04/2013 Last modified: 09/12/2016
      The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with Santander UK plc (Santander) that will see it contact over 270,000 mortgage customers about unclear information it gave before increasing the cap on its mortgage standard variable

2356. FCA publishes its approach to regulatory failure

      Press Releases Published: 18/04/2013 Last modified: 23/11/2021
      The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its approach to investigating and reporting on regulatory failure, as required by the Financial Services Act 2012 (the Act). The Act requires the FCA to publish a statement of policy setting

2357. FCA bans and censures managing director of SIPP operator Montpelier Pension Administration Services Limited

      Press Releases Published: 18/04/2013 Last modified: 25/11/2021
      The FCA has banned Kevin Wells, the managing director of Montpelier Pension Administration Services Limited (MPAS), from performing any significant influence function at any regulated firm, and also censured him.

2358. Santander UK to contact borrowers affected by SVR cap margin rise in 2008

      News stories Published: 18/04/2013 Last modified: 18/05/2021
      Santander UK has agreed to contact more than 270,000 mortgage customers that it did not give clear information when it raised the cap margin linked to its SVR in 2008.

2359. IOSCO proposes Principles for Financial Benchmarks

      Press Releases Published: 16/04/2013 Last modified: 16/08/2013
      The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Task Force on Financial Market Benchmarks (the Task Force), which the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley co-chairs, has published its proposed Principles

2360. FCA charges eight men in relation to land banking

      Press Releases Published: 16/04/2013 Last modified: 17/11/2021
      Eight men have been charged by the FCA with conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law and criminal offences relating to the carrying out of a regulated activity without authorisation or exemption