Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Consumer Protection Laws, Corporate Governance

UK FCA appoints new interim chair of FOS

A&O Shearman on 8/12/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the appointment of Liam Coleman as interim Chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), effective from 10 October...more

FCA final report on credit information market study

A&O Shearman on 7/21/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its feedback to the interim working group's final report on credit information market governance, which was developed in response to the FCA's Credit Information Market...more

FCA Updates on Growth and the Consumer Duty

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/28/2025

Speech focuses on the regulatory change agenda, and confirms that firms are no longer expected to have a Consumer Duty board champion. On 27 February 2025, the FCA published a speech given by Nikhil Rathi, in which he...more

New U.K. regulatory landscape: enforcement and supervision shift

A&O Shearman on 2/6/2025

This article examines the latest trends in U.K. regulatory enforcement and supervisory action and highlights the key takeaways for firms in 2025 and beyond. Over the past 18 months, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...more

FCA Publishes Further Consumer Duty Feedback for Firms

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/19/2024

On 11 December 2024, the FCA published two pieces of feedback on the Consumer Duty, setting out good practices and areas for improvement in relation to Consumer Duty board reports and complaints and root cause analysis....more

UK Conduct Regulator Calls for Changes to Regulatory Perimeter

A&O Shearman on 11/19/2021

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its annual Perimeter Report. The report discusses the FCA's existing remit and highlights areas where potential consumer harm could be mitigated if the regulatory perimeter...more