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Carbon credit adviser Archer Bramley has been named as one of 28 investment and pensions firms declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) between May and August.

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The former finance director of failed investment firm Keydata has called the regulator's decision to fine him £350,000 and ban him from working in financial services for life, an ‘ill-informed stich-up'.

Guardian SIPP is in talks to allow investors trapped in troubled investments to buy their way out of paying mounting administration fees, and to have direct access to any money clawed back from the firms deemed liable for their losses.

Industry stalwart Nick Poyntz-Wright has left his role as director of life insurance and financial advice at the regulator, following a high-level reshuffle of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) top people.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has named Chartered financial planner and managing director of Phoenix Wealth Management Brendan O'Ciobhain as president for 2015/16.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has reminded firms of its power to order compensation where it deems a business has misused a client's personal information.

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Former head of the predecessor to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers, Chris Cummings, has joined the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulatory decision making committee.

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