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The UK monetary regulator has launched civil proceedings towards former star Metropolis fund supervisor Neil Woodford and funding platform W4.0 for working with out authorisation.
The Monetary Conduct Authority (FCA) alleged that Mr Woodford and his enterprise has been offering funding recommendation and making monetary promotions, by means of a subscription-based platform, with out authorisation.
It’s searching for an injunction towards Mr Woodford and the corporate to “cease them carrying on the doubtless illegal actions”.
The regulator stated it believes his exercise has breached two areas of the Monetary Companies and Markets Act.
Mr Woodford has been publishing podcasts and articles about investing on the W4.0 platform since 2024.
Mr Woodford and the corporate have been contacted for remark.
It comes after the previous fund supervisor was provisionally banned from holding senior supervisor roles and managing funds for retail buyers by the FCA final 12 months.
On the time, the regulator additionally introduced plans to positive Mr Woodford £5.89 million and his former fund firm Woodford Funding Administration (WIM) £40 million.
Mr Woodford and WIM referred the case to the Higher Tribunal to current their case for attraction.
The previous supervisor’s flagship fund, Woodford Fairness Earnings Fund (WEIF), was wound down in 2019 after buyers tried to withdraw money quicker than the fund may pay out amid issues over its excessive publicity to illiquid and unquoted shares.
The worth of the WEIF had fallen from a excessive of greater than £10.1 billion in Might 2017 to £3.6 billion earlier than its suspension.
Round 300,000 buyers nonetheless had money trapped within the fund when it was suspended.
