Regulation

The Financial Services Authority has boosted its staff numbers since the financial crisis, when just four and a half employees were tasked with regulating the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Financial Services Authority has appointed a former chairman of the British Bankers Association as a non-executive director of the Money Advice Service board.

There are many lessons to be learned from the near-collapse of RBS. Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee Bill Knight and Sir David Walker set out what they believe were the four main mistakes which led to the bank's downfall - and how they...

Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee have revealed they felt compelled to press the Financial Services Authority to better scrutinise its role in the downfall of Royal Bank of Scotland.

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin's alleged affair had no impact on the downfall of the bank, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has decided.

Chief executive's pay has soared by more than 1,200% to £4m over the past quarter of a century in a revelation set to inflame the row over excessive pay.

Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) nearly collapsed in 2008 because of poor management, inadequate regulation and a flawed supervisory system, a Financial Services Authority report published today has said.

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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned investors against dealing with a clone of asset manager GAM.

Cru Investment Management encouraged advisers to invest all of their clients in Cru funds at a blanket rate of 1% trail commission, in a presentation one IFA has branded a "shambles to encourage churning".