Regulation

An event for paraplanners - who get to vote on their preferred topics of discussion beforehand - is set to take place in London later this month.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer panel has appointed three new members, including a BBC journalist and former Treasury adviser, following the departures of Dan Plant and Frances Harrison at the end of December.

J.P.Morgan Chase & Co has revealed it paid more than 100 of its top staff in the UK an average of £2m each in 2012.

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has approved the restructure of the suspended EEA Life Settlements fund, in a move which could finally allow investors to exit the fund after a two-year wait.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FCSC) "continues to be challenged" by the complexity of some firm failures in the investment intermediation sector, its chief executive Mark Neale has remarked.

ARMCHAIR CRITIC

Sixteen advisory firms have been declared in default in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme's (FSCS) latest round-up of failed financial businesses.

Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) defence against a £4bn lawsuit from shareholders contradicts evidence given to MPs by former Financial Services Authority (FSA) boss Hector Sants, it has emerged.

A committee of MPs has called for a ban on payday loan advertising on children's television, but the industry has dismissed their concerns.

Consumer group Which? is among four organisations awarded ‘super-complainant' status by the government, meaning it has the power to present complaints to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which must respond.