Financial services law firm Regulatory Legal is suing Tailormade Alternative Investments over claims the investment business made defamatory statements about it.
A former financial adviser and his business partner have today been sentenced to a total of two years and nine months for giving unauthorised advice.
Two former regulatory supervisors have been appointed to senior roles at The Consulting Consortium (TCC).
The investment industry is inefficient and in need of a radical overhaul if it wants to meet the needs of an under-served consumer base, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) board member Mick McAteer has warned.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has appointed Law Commissioner David Hertzell to chair its Professional Standards Board (PSB), succeeding David McIntosh who will leave his post at the end of the year.
The financial services industry needs to tackle its "complexity problem" to make it easier for consumers to understand product choice and protect the most vulnerable, the regulator has said.
The European Union has agreed the final measures of the Solvency II framework and given a January 2016 start date.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former investment consultant Rahul Shah for encouraging another person to engage in behaviour which, if engaged in by Shah, would amount to market abuse.