Regulation

The alleged rogue trader at the heart of a multi-billion pound fraud investigation has pleaded not guilty to two charges of false accounting and two of fraud.

The regulatory body for the European Union has proposed stricter disclosure requirements on providers of exchange traded funds (ETFs), but has backed away from imposing more radical reforms on the sector.

Derek Bradley, CEO of PanaceaIFA.com, laments the FSA’s decision not to pre-approve financial products.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined David Einhorn and his well known hedge fund Greenlight Capital £7.2m for trading on inside information in UK stock Punch Taverns in June 2009.

Banks must ditch their sales-driven culture and adopt a more holistic approach to financial advice, the head of the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

The successor to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) may have the power to ban certain types of products without having to consult.

The FSA will release a platform consultation paper within the next couple of months setting out draft rules on rebates and regulations for execution-only platforms, after Deloitte completed its research into the sector.

Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so regulators need to "step into their footprints" and limit or ban the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UK's new consumer protection watchdog said.

A father and son who masqueraded as financial advisers have been given a suspended jail sentence after conning £15,000 out of a couple and using the money for their own purposes.

The Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected calls from an MP for an independent inquiry into the Arch Cru investment funds scandal.