The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday that investment adviser Sapia Partners LLP has agreed to pay £19.6 million ($26.5 million) to clients of WealthTek, a wealth manager that has since collapsed, after failing to protect client money.
The Financial Conduct Authority said Thursday that investment adviser Sapia Partners LLP has agreed to pay £19.6 million ($26.5 million) to clients of WealthTek, a wealth manager that has since collapsed, after failing to protect client money.
The government has canceled Capita PLC's contract to administer the statutory pension plan of Royal Mail because of delays by the outsourcer that mirrored its management of the civil service retirement plans.
The Bank of England and UK Finance have warned banks and insurers to strengthen their cyber defenses by using artificial intelligence, in response to threats shown by emerging frontier AI models such as Anthropic's Mythos.
A Scottish court has sentenced a former Royal Bank of Scotland banker to 21 months imprisonment for soliciting £274,000 ($370,000) in bribes from business clients while working in the bank's Global Restructuring Group in the wake of the 2010 financial crisis.
A tax barrister has been suspended from practice until 2027, the bar regulator has said, following the failure of his £8 million ($10.8 million) libel claim against former Clifford Chance LLP partner Dan Neidle.
The government's flagship pensions legislation could fail unless representatives agree on a final draft before next week, a former pensions minister has warned.
A group of 20 leading financial firms including Barclays, HSBC and Aviva launched a nationwide drive backed by the Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority on Thursday to encourage U.K. savers to invest their cash.
