As the regulator of the financial sector, the Financial Conduct Authority investigates companies and individuals. Those investigated must take the right steps to protect their assets and reputation.
Syedur Rahman
11 June 2019
Syed looks closely at why the number of dawn raids conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has almost doubled over the past year, from 13 in 2017 to 25 in 2018 and why this increase is such...
Azizur Rahman
3 May 2019
The FCA has talked of the challenges it faces due to Brexit and yet it has been considering delaying spending on Brexit implementation costs.
Syedur Rahman
17 April 2019
Carphone Warehouse was recently ordered to pay a £29M penalty for the mis-selling of insurance, following an FCA investigation which stemmed from whistleblowing reports.
Azizur Rahman
15 April 2019
Overseas Production Orders (OPOs) are the latest tool available to the authorities to help them secure convictions in serious criminal cases. OPOs enable investigating authorities to obtain electronic...
Syedur Rahman
20 March 2019
With the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) making a formal decision using its competition enforcement powers for the first time, Rahman Ravelli’s Syedur Rahman wrote an article, which featured on Lawy...
Azizur Rahman
5 September 2018
Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman and Ben Ticehurst wrote an article in The Times that examined the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) latest performance figures in an article and drew his own conclusions...
Nicola Sharp
7 February 2018
Authorities in Switzerland are investigating an online fundraising company accused of stealing millions of dollars of donations intended for charities.
Azizur Rahman
1 February 2018
Arrandco Audit has been fined £1 million for misconduct in its handling of the accounts of insurance software firm Quindell.
Azizur Rahman
17 January 2018
India's market regulator has banned international accounting firm PwC from auditing listed companies for two years because of its role in one of the country's biggest corporate scandals.
Azizur Rahman
19 December 2017
HS2, the £55.7 billion project to build a new high speed rail line, is vulnerable to fraud and other financial errors because of a lack of “basic financial controls”, according to MP’s.