The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on measures to stop up to 100,000 consumers a year losing out on pension income when they access the pension freedoms, with proposals which the regulator says could benefit people by up to £25m a year

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on guidance which sets out what regulation different types of cryptoassets may fall under to help businesses and individuals understand whether they need to be authorised and what rules apply

The Private Prosecutors’ Association (PPA) is consulting on a draft code for anyone who carries out private prosecutions, which allow individuals, businesses or organisations who have been the victims of crime to bring a criminal case themselves, without the involvement of law enforcement agencies

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking input on its plans to develop and test options designed to encourage self-employed people to save for short, medium and long-term financial goals, including a pension

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is making what it calls ‘the biggest intervention in the overdraft market for a generation’ with proposals which would end banks charging higher prices for unarranged overdrafts, as part of a package of measures stemming from its high-cost credit review

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting on proposals for collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes, first outlined at Budget 2018, which allow contributions to be pooled and invested to give members a target benefit level

Nigel Davies, joint chair of the Charities SORP committee, sets out the context of the committee’s goal to both keep the SORP current and further develop charity reporting and accounting to include the concerns of the public

The Treasury is consulting on a detailed policy proposal for a ‘breathing space’ and a statutory debt repayment plan, concepts which are intended to give people in problem debt the opportunity to take control of their finances and put them on a sustainable footing

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a discussion paper on climate change, saying its effects and the associated transition to a low carbon economy may have a major impact on financial markets and on products that serve those markets

A panel of experts is to investigate the subject of competition in the digital market, a field which is dominated by a small number of large companies, and make recommendations on future government policy

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals for amendments to its standards and financial services passporting rules, plus the regulatory regime for credit ratings agencies and data reporting services providers in the event the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 without an implementation period

The department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) is consulting on strategies to tackle late payments for goods or services to smaller companies by larger firms

The European Commission is planning to tighten up the rules on supervision of EU financial institutions to combat money-laundering amid criticism some EU member states are failing to enforce the rules effectively 

The Law Commission’s consultation on electronic signatures has produced some early conclusions but questions still remain, says Robert Coffey, managing partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

Ireland – which is one of only two OECD countries without a mandatory earnings-related element to retirement savings – is consulting on the possible launch of an auto enrolment-style pensions regime, to be in place by the end of 2020