THE REVIEW

The media has been gazing into a crystal ball to predict how financial services and the global economy will fare in the coming 12 months. What do you make of this selection of forecasts?

Two years since the Retail Distribution Review shook up the way individuals pay for financial advice, can it be considered a success? The Review Consultant Editor Andrew Davis delivers the report card

As the sun sets on 2014, we look back at some of the challenges the financial services industry faced this year

It is no longer enough for wholesale firms to rely on caveat emptor as a guide for acceptable conduct. What has motivated the Financial Conduct Authority to take this stance, and how is this new level of attention from the regulator affecting firms?

Britain’s wealth management and private banking industries enter 2015 in good health. A recent survey by the British Bankers’ Association, A Wealth of Opportunities, revealed that the sector oversees some £524 billion and contributes £5.5bn a year to the economy

With the financial services sector counting the cost of red tape, a new survey has cast doubts over whether the raft of recent regulation is helping to deliver a more stable economy

“This House believes that regulation is strangling the City”. That’s the contentious motion that will provoke heated discussion at the City Debate

The Financial Conduct Authority announced a new strategic approach, days before it was rebuked for falling short of standards expected of those it regulates