Investigations

Financial Promotions Data Analysed – An Increase in Intervention

By Chris Webber, Katherine Wakeham and Alex Villers on May 4, 2023 Posted in Investigations, Mis-Selling

Earlier this year, the Financial Conduct Authority published its analysis of its financial promotions data for 2022. That report sheds some interesting light on the FCA’s actions taken against authorised firms, and unauthorised entities and individuals, for breaches of financial promotion rules. The standout message is clear – the FCA has significantly increased its interventionist activity, in … Continue Reading

Is the FCA catching on to its AFrO and AFO powers?

By Chris Webber on September 28, 2022 Posted in Fraud and Financial Crime, Investigations, Regulation

My colleague Ben Ticehurst, a Director in our UK Government Investigations and White Collar team, recently shared a timely insight on increased use by the Financial Conduct Authority of Account Freezing Orders (“AFrOs”) and Account Forfeiture Orders (“AFOs”) on our Anticorruption Blog. He reports on the recent decision for the FCA to secure its first … Continue Reading