Regulation

Lawyers are warning that advisers will suffer from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) practice of increasingly splitting complaints to achieve maximum rewards for consumers.

Scotland's £800bn fund management industry has begun to step up contingency plans in the event the country's populace votes for independence this September.

The chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Mark Neale has defended his organisation's multi-million pound spend on marketing, saying it will help protect the industry from detrimental consumer behaviour.

The passing of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) into law has made it compulsory for UK investment firms to disclose the total cost of their investments to their clients.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has said it is open to the prospect of 'radical change' as it sets out recommendations for the use of dealing commission to purchase investment research.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it is not able to reach a verdict on the liability of advisers who recommended property investment Arck and who have had a claim against them due to ongoing criminal proceedings against two former...

At least one of the two 'alternative' investment schemes declared unlawful by the High Court in a case filed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has been cleared to appeal the decision.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has won its battle against two unauthorised investment schemes after the High Court ruled they were to be classed as collectives and therefore must be regulated.

How an IFA uncovered a multi-million pound trading scandal

A scam artist who tricked investors into believing he was a trading genius was today sentenced to seven years in prison at Southwark Crown Court.