Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has intervened in a test case in which the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is accused of mis-selling interest rate swaps.

The blame for the erosion of trust in financial services must be laid at the feet of everyone involved in the sector, the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) director of supervision has said.

It will come as little surprise to readers of IFAonline.co.uk that most of your peers believe Hector Sants, the former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and now the highly-paid head of compliance at Barclays Bank, was misguided...

Investment intermediaries must stump up an extra £2m towards the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy for 2013/14, taking their annual levy contribution to £78m.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the steps it will put into action in the event of a regulatory failure.

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Chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Andrew Bailey, has said it is "more than odd" that the top bosses in control of failed banks have avoided formal charges.

Former top drugs adviser to the government David Nutt has made a controversial claim that the financial crisis was caused by bankers' habitual use of cocaine, the Telegraph reports.

Investment platforms are still slapping customers with excessive penalties in an attempt to discourage them from leaving.

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