Regulation

Adviser commission on auto-enrolment pension schemes established before the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) could be scrapped under measures announced by the government.

An offshore tax avoidance scheme used by FTSE 100-listed investment management company Aberdeen Asset Management to pay its employees tax-free bonuses has been closed by Scotland's most senior court.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has hired trend forecaster the Future Foundation to conduct a review of the ombudsman's role in the changing world of financial services.

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority is set to criticise asset management firms for the way they pass on the cost of third party research to clients.

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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said it expects to raise a supplementary levy on investment advisers before the end of the current levy year, to make up for losses incurred by the failings of ARM bonds and their distributor Catalyst....

JP Morgan has agreed to pay $5.1bn (£3.2bn) to resolve claims it misled mortgage lenders before the housing crash.

The Chancellor looks set to decide the future of the taxpayer-backed lender this week following a government-commissioned review of the business.

Some savers with up to £500,000 in their account will have their money fully protected by the government if their bank fails, under new European rules.