The Treasury wants to hear from financial advisers as it published a call for evidence as part of its review into the role played by the Money Advice Service (MAS).
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering ways it can make it clearer to consumers when they are buying products on a non-advised basis online, as more web-based advice solutions are developed.
Could insurance companies deliver a retirement ‘advice' service that is both cost effective and able to pass a public test of impartiality?
The industry has yet to develop profitable simplified advice models because it is waiting on clearer guidance and direction from the regulator, Lighthouse group chief executive Malcolm Streatfield has said.
Treasury select committee chairman Andrew Tyrie has criticised the regulator's review of the annuities market, saying it was headline grabbing and had "taken us very little further forward" in terms of giving insight into the problems of the market.
Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam received £8.7m in pay and perks last year, amid accusations that the life and pensions sector fails to treat customers fairly.
The financial industry needs "clear signals" on how to prepare for the Chancellor's 'right to advice' promise or face struggling under a sudden influx of retirement advice clients, Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) director general...
The Chancellor's 'right to advice' for pensioners at the point of retirement will be a right to 'free impartial guidance', not regulated advice, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed.
Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is facing calls for his resignation after the regulator made an "extraordinary blunder" that hit insurers' share prices, according to reports.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may have made an 'extraordinary blunder' in allowing market sensitive information about its work to reach the public domain ahead of schedule, thereby creating a disorderly market in shares, Treasury Select Committee...