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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Markets InsightCarson Block
    U-turn on audit reform is bad for British capitalism

    Accounting industry is failing to protect investors and employees from malfeasance

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    FCA to gain new powers to protect UK communities’ access to cash

    ‘Reasonable’ distance to be laid down on how far to go for bank and building society services

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Big Four accountancy fines could in future go to UK state coffers

    Industry bodies which have received £50mn in recent penalties say they are open to reform

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    Crypto’s collapse highlights UK policy tensions

    Weeks after London pitched itself as a ‘global hub’, market disorder further muddies debate over regulation

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Business leaders understand cost of living crisis better than politicians

    Queen’s Speech should have contained measures to tackle worsening living standards

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    KPMG UK
    KPMG faces £14.4mn fine for misleading UK regulators over Carillion audit

    Tribunal finds five defendants guilty of misconduct after hearing auditors created ‘false documents’

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Competition & Markets Authority
    UK competition watchdog to end 2-year search for new chair

    Clive Bannister set to be named CMA head and Sarah Cardell lined up as interim chief

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK ministers retreat from giving new tech regulator statutory backing

    Bill on oversight of likes of Google and Facebook out of Queen’s Speech, with legislation promised ‘in due course’

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Fintech
    Klarna to report ‘buy now, pay later’ use to UK credit agencies

    Swedish fintech moves to address concerns about consumer financial wellbeing

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK sanctions regime for fighting corruption accused of failures

    Campaigners say government not making effective use of measures or targeting enough people

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Financial Conduct Authority UK
    Strikes at UK financial regulator due to start this week

    Only limited number of Financial Conduct Authority staff expected to take part in industrial action

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Sieving the alphabet soup of banks’ capital requirements

    Ideas to simplify lenders’ buffers have merit but important caveats

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Corporate governance
    Dropping of UK audit bill from Queen’s Speech comes under fire

    Government criticised after fresh delay to long-promised reform of accounting and corporate governance

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    Ditching UK audit reform would be an embarrassing mistake

    Government must fix the basics of how the market is overseen even if it fails to institute radical change

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK launches post-Brexit shake-up of insurance rules

    Government says reform of EU’s Solvency II regime will unlock billions for green projects

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    The risks in the Bank of England’s kite-flying on capital

    Regulator has floated a radical simplification — but a bit of complexity can be a good thing

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Financial & markets regulation
    BoE official proposes overhaul of global capital rules for banks

    Sam Woods says existing system is overly complex and curbs lending in a crisis

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    City minister seeks to calm fears over job moves to EU after Brexit

    John Glen trumpets ‘modest’ losses of 7,000 financial service roles from UK financial centre

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Pensions industry
    UK regulator invokes emergency powers to address steelworker pension scandal

    FCA issues order to stop advisers from offloading assets to avoid paying compensation

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    UK banks
    FCA flags concerns over challenger banks’ financial crime defences

    Some lenders fail to take details of customers’ income and occupation, regulator finds

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    UK fraud agency under scrutiny as probe into Unaoil fiasco nears end

    Case has put spotlight on SFO director Lisa Osofsky and raised questions about her future

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Utilities
    Ofgem warns UK energy suppliers over unjustified increases in direct debits

    Regulator says it will take action against ‘bad practices’ that could lead to ‘substantial fines’

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    UK banks
    Barclays in BoE crosshairs over ‘gaming the rules’ with pension deals

    Analysts say bank could take £1.25bn capital hit years earlier than planned, potentially affecting share buybacks

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Deloitte LLP
    Deloitte under investigation by UK accounting regulator over Go-Ahead audits

    Transport group’s shares were temporarily suspended in January after it missed deadline for filing results

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Accountancy
    UK regulator to reclaim powers to strike off accounting firms

    Move aimed to bolster FRC’s control over auditors after sector criticised over failure to uphold standards

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