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Lenders sign up to uniform mortgage 'tariff'
Initiative to make mortgage comparison easier
MMR review: FCA flags advice risk in overly rigid use of rules
Most customers are receiving suitable mortgage advice but some firms rely too heavily on tightly structured processes, which force their advisers to bend information to give supposedly 'suitable advice', the regulator has found.
Shadow minister: TCF has failed
A shadow minister has claimed the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative has failed to adequately protect consumers.
Why paying brokers is still the most efficient route to market
Saffron Building Society's John Eastgate on why direct channels still cannot compete with intermediaries
FOS dismisses 'reputation damage' fears on public decisions
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will not seek to redact the names of businesses when it makes public its final decisions following a client complaint.
Fee charging debate raises eyebrows at IFP conference
Somewhere in the 100-plus pages of the RDR the FSA says advisers will have the freedom to choose how they charge for their services. But is that what they want?
Intelliflo launches financial planning tools
IntelliFlo has launched a set of tools which allow pension and investment advisers to tailor financial plans for their clients' future.
Pension switch principles should apply to entire market-Skandia
The pension switching review has implications for the entire market including platform to platform re-registration, Skandia says
Novia takes fight to big three
Novia, the new wrap platform founded by Bill Vasilieff, claims to have already taken business from the big three fund supermarkets just weeks after launching its proposition.
Preparation tool for TCF visits launched
A computer-based system designed to help advisers prepare for FSA ARROW visits, which the regulator says will now include TCF competency, has been launched.
FSA warns lenders on 'unenforceable' tracker contracts
The FSA has told lenders to ensure they exercise the principles of TCF for customers on tracker mortgages.
TCF toolbox for advisers launched
Competent Adviser has released its TCF Toolbox to help mortgage brokers and IFAs meet the FSA's December deadline for full implementation.
Compliance site for advisers re-launched
A website designed to help advisers meet their compliance and regulatory targets has been re-launched.
Ascentric wrap links to TCF tool
Ascentric has become the second wrap platform to link to the FinQS-developed TCF Centre tool.
Novia forms TCF partnership
New wrap platform Novia Financial has formed a partnership with technology provider FinQS to offer cost effective TCF management information tools for advisers.
Novia wrap to include TCF tools
New wealth management platform Novia has linked with technology provider FinQS to develop tools to aid advisers with TCF responsibilities.
FSA slams lenders for TCF failing on arrears
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has hit back at the FSA for suggesting specialist lenders are not adhering to TCF principles when handling arrears.
FSA review puts annuity firms under TCF spotlight
Annuity firms must do more to ensure the fair treatment of pension customers, an FSA review into the Open Market Option (OMO) says.
FSA finds vast majority of firms still failing on TCF
Just 13pc of assessed firms met the FSA's March deadline for TCF, the regulator revealed today in its latest update.
DUAL-PRICING CAMPAIGN - Last chance to give your views
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'...
Sants 'completely contradictory' over dual pricing
FSA chief executive Hector Sants is today accused of making "completely contradictory" statements on the issue of dual pricing in an open letter from mortgage adviser Stuart Duncan.
A little TLC for customers
Dominic Fraser-Smith discusses the implications of the new FSA Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) deadlines for equity release
AMI launches TCF guide ahead of March deadline
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has produced a guide on Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) for small firms, ahead of the FSA's March deadline.
