Regulation

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has asked for the Money Advice Service (MAS) to evaluate its effectiveness in changing consumer behaviour and to publish its findings within one year.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has put a £360,000 - £540,000 contract to tender, which will cover the scheme's external PR activity over the coming two years.

Britain must see a business recovery before interest rates can begin to rise, according to Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England.

Claimants can not accept a compensation ruling from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and later claim for more in the courts, a landmark Court of Appeal ruling has decided.

There is an increasing need to educate the public on the value of face-to-face professional financial advice, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has launched a new continuing professional development (CPD) tool for advisers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined insurance intermediary HomeServe Membership Limited (HML) £30.6m for breaching a series of principles including incentivising sales over quality .

Unbundled pricing now visible on Fidelity's 'Select List' service suggests asset managers have avoided a squeeze on margins, with just four of 66 active equity funds priced at below 75bps.

Former St James's Place (SJP) adviser Tim Horrocks has revealed plans to launch an advisory firm later this month called RockWealth.

Aviva has withdrawn its corporate hospitality events for its life distributors following the release of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) final guidance on inducements and conflicts of interests.