Regulation

Three IFAs are taking their case to the Court of Appeal in a bid to overturn a High Court ruling backing a Financial Ombudsman (FOS) decision that they should pay clients compensation for advice to invest in failed firm Keydata.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has cancelled an advice firm's permissions after it failed to submit regulatory returns.

The problem with vertical integration

An unauthorised forex trader has been found guilty of fraud in a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Is the government clampdown on tax avoidance hindering tax planning?

Advisers could lose thousands of pounds in probate fees as platform funds are being converted to clean share classes, which don't support ongoing trail payments upon client death.

Victims of failed £400m overseas property investment Harlequin have appeared on national television to reveal how losing their retirement funds has left them "frightened" as they enter old age.

An adviser trade association is calling on the regulator to ensure its final guidance on using social media channels is clear after a poll of members suggested more than a third were unaware the watchdog was looking into the issue.

Adviser network Financial Ltd has received numerous applications from firms to join since a recruitment ban was lifted late last year, director Brian Galvin has said.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is to make further cuts to its operating budget in the coming financial year and has frozen its levy at £23.3m.