MPs who back advisers' calls for a speedy review of FSCS funding will take the fight to Treasury Secretary Mark Hoban, after the FSA last night refused to commit to an April 2012 deadline for the overhaul.

The FSA has concerns promotional literature for exchange traded tunds (ETFs) fails to adequately explain investment risk, and has warned of early intervention where it suspects problems.

An IFA has decided to itemise future client invoices to show how much of his bill relates to regulatory costs, after his FSA levy doubled this year.

The FSA is warning wealth managers to honour their obligations to clients after a review of 16 firms raised suitability of advice concerns.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has managed to reach several Final Decisions against IFAs over Arch cru, so why is it stalling on any investigation of the fund's multi-million pound authorised corporate director, Capita?

Panorama's expose of in-branch bank "advice" saw the hashtag army hit Twitter with a vengeance, and prompted one poster to answer the programme's title by brandishing a chinnyreckon.

A former IFA, who has been accused of mis-selling investments in a Stirling Mortimer UCIS while entrusted with 'power of attorney' type status by an elderly client, has been revealed as the legal decision-maker for at least nine other people.

FSA enforcement staff were thought "helpful, flexible, courteous" and professional by firms they have investigated, but lacking in technical knowledge, the regulator has said.

The FSA has agreed to temporary arrangements for Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS to handle Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints.

The government is considering giving the Money Advice Service responsibility for running debt advice firms, Mark Hoban financial secretary to the Treasury has said.