The FSA could wrench the mandate to update qualifications standards from the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC), and force a review of the criteria every three years.

Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) Building Society is offering victims of failed investment vehicle Keydata £2m in interest-free loans until the end of the year.

The FSA has lost its first insider dealing case, as a finance director and two lawyers walked free from court today.

Chancellor George Osborne wants a more export driven economy for the UK and plans to look to China to help push forward Britain's economic recovery.

Business secretary Vince Cable plans to target the red tape 'deluge' which he says is "stifling" enterprise in the UK.

Entrepreneurs will not be damaged by any changes to capital gains tax (CGT), Business Secretary Vince Cable has assured MPs.

Nearly three quarters of UK annuity providers believe advised sales of their product will continue to fall, while execution-only business continues to rise.

An IFA who specialises in high-net-worth (HNW) business is launching a "mass-market" firm offering partial pay-as-you-go advice to people on lower incomes.

Prudential is canvassing support from shareholders to stave off calls for chief executive Tidjane Thiam to go following his failed bid for AIA.

Chancellor George Osborne's aides say complete abolition of the FSA is still on the table, adding the regulator will certainly lose its independent role.