As Nikhil Rathi is reappointed as CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, the FCA has set out its strategic direction for 2025/26, with important implications for financial advisers.

Nikhil Rathi has been reappointed as chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority for a second five-year term and will be CEO until 2030.

A coalition of consumer groups has sent an open letter to MPs and the FCA urging the regulator to abandon its plans to delete most emails automatically after a year.

The FCA wants more vulnerable customers to seek help as it emerged that just four in 10 vulnerable clients have disclosed their vulnerability to the regulated firms they deal with, it said this week.

The FCA confirmed this week that its requirement for regulated firms to have ‘Consumer Duty Champions’ has been axed.

The House of Lords has called on the FCA to halt its plans to push forward with 'naming and shaming' firms facing investigations.

The FCA’s ban on contingent charging introduced in 2020 led to a dramatic fall in the number of DB transfers, but had little impact on fees, the regulator said.

The Financial Conduct Authority has published proposals today which would pave the way for a new generation of smaller corporate bond issues aimed at retail investors and wealth managers.

For the first time the FCA is to survey all regulated firms for its annual Practitioner Panel joint survey.

FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi has pledged to “revolutionise financial advice” as part of a package of reforms to break down the barriers to business growth in financial services.