Financial advisers have embraced the Retail Distribution Review's (RDR) push for higher qualifications and are looking to extend their level of expertise beyond the mandatory QCF Level 4, an advisory support group said.
The proportion of high earners referring unresolved complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) almost doubled last year, illustrating, it said, that "few people are immune" from the effects of the economic crisis.
Jon Pain, a former managing director and one-time interim chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is to join state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to ban and fine a former non-executive director (NED) at two mutual societies for failing to disclose her conflicts of interest.
With the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) long-awaited announcement on how platforms will be paid for, and whether rebates can be paid to consumers, a line has finally been drawn.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined J.P. Morgan International Bank (JPMIB) £3,076,200 for systems and controls failings relating to its provision of retail investment advice and portfolio investment services.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has compensated 530 members of the Millom and District Credit Union following its collapse last week.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has detailed how it plans to distribute recoveries it anticipates to receive from Lifemark SA, a bond provider whose products were marketed in the UK by collapsed firm Keydata, with investment advisers...