Regulation

The FSA has flagged up a number of consumer risks associated with exchange traded products (ETPs) in a fact sheet published today.

The FSA is about to take on a very important task - reforming the funding arrangements for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Aviva Investors sent an e-mail by mistake on Friday dismissing its entire staff before retracting the message, according to reports.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has made its first payments to investors caught up in the collapse of MF Global.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been told by a judge that it must destroy privileged attorney-client emails it obtained as part of its investigation into Keydata.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun proceedings against more than 160 advisory firms it alleges mis-sold Lifemark-backed Keydata products.

A total of 162 firms have been included in proceedings launched by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to claw back money paid out to investors in Lifemark-backed Keydata products.

The Financial Service Authority (FSA) saw the number of boiler room fraud schemes operating through clones of authorised firms triple in 2011.

The chief executive of Arch Financial Products (AFP) has hit out at Capita after the board it appointed to administer the Arch Cru cells hit him with a £26.6m lawsuit.

A Newport-based financial adviser has admitted to fraudulently gaining almost £250,000 from clients and an insurer, as well as perverting the course of justice.