Regulation

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned George Leavey, the managing partner at stockbroking firm First Colonial Investments (FCI), for reckless misconduct.

The man responsible for HSBC's UK retail and commercial banking business has been named as the next chairman of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel (FSPP).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is telling banks, building societies and credit unions to publicise more prominently the guarantee schemes which apply to their customers' deposits.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has refused to name the companies behind more than 300 adverts it removed last year.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned that firms must make sure any rebalancing of clients' portfolios is "entirely mechanical" unless they have discretionary permissions.

The drive for transparency in pension charges could lead to occupational scheme advice for employers becoming regulated by the Financial Services Authority, Legal & General says.

COMPLAINTS

Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has reportedly issued Morgan Stanley with a subpoena as part of an investigation into Facebook's IPO, while two investors are taking legal action against Facebook, Nasdaq and Morgan Stanley following...

A financial adviser has been jailed for two years after swindling three women, including two elderly aunties, out of £312,000.

The Financial Services Bill has passed through to the House of Lords without any significant amendments affecting financial advisers, including the reintroduction of a long-stop.