Regulation

Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

The FSA says it currently sees 'no need' for a read-across of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) to the mortgage arena, but has refused to rule it out for good.

Aifa's new policy director talks to Paul Robertson about issues affecting IFAs - from challenges of the RDR, to TCF deadlines and the ongoing PPI investigation - plus Kylie Minogue

The FSA has only an ‘acceptable' score in the areas of mortgage regulation and regulation of small firms for the last financial year, according to the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) Annual Report .

Dear Mr Sants, I am writing to you on behalf of the huge number of IFAonline.co.uk readers who believe the FSA's response to the issue of dual-pricing has been insufficient and are calling for urgent further action.

IFAonline.co.uk has been inundated with comments on mortgage dual-pricing over the last few months. In response to requests from our readers, we are launching a campaign on the issue with a view to making the FSA listen properly to advisers' and brokers'...

The FSA's current response to the issue of dual-pricing in the mortgage market fails to recognise the role and value of advice for consumers, according to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI).