Regulation

Sheila Nicoll, director of policy at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has announced her decision to leave the organisation when it transitions to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in April this year.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successors are to spend as much as £5m on hiring outside consultancies to carry out economic analysis.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP), which is set up to represent consumers in the financial sector, is advertising for a new chairperson with an annual salary of £60,000.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is to review the issues raised by the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) Arch Cru redress scheme for the purpose of deciding claims.

Royal Bank of Scotland is facing the prospect of a £500m fine over its role in the Libor interest rate-rigging scandal.

The scale of the fine due to be levied on the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for its attempts to manipulate the Libor interest rate could be as high as £500m, according to reports.

J.P. Morgan Chase was last night ordered to improve its risk management following a $6.2bn (£3.8bn) derivatives trading loss highlighted by a London-based employee dubbed the "Whale".

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned offshore investment trusts and UK REITs could be under threat from Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposals to ban promotions of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to ordinary...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled that an IFA should repay an investor £150,000, the amount he recommended he invest in a troubled unregulated collective investment scheme (UCIS).

An IFA is planning to raise with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) concerns he has that some closed fund companies are not treating customers fairly.