The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today said it was "time to put right" problems it had identified with advisers switching client investments.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has expressed concerns about the quality of advice around firms' use of 'centralised' investment solutions after a thematic review flagged widespread failings at some firms.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) must issue a consultation paper on advisers' use of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) as a matter of urgency, according to financial services consultancy Aim Two Three.

An independent financial adviser in Wales has been chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through his village as it tours the United Kingdom ahead of the 2012 Games.

The Financial Services Authority has arrested a 23-year-old man as part of an investigation into a suspected unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme.

Ian Hannam, the chairman of capital markets at JP Morgan Cazenove, is understood to have resigned today after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) indicated it would fine him £450,000 for market abuse.

Clients of troubled spreadbetting firm Worldspreads have moved a step closer to getting funds back through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) after administrators KPMG began sending out final statements.

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