Regulation
Offshore Investment
The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) decision to make advisers that don't consider active investments restricted was a "hallelujah" moment for one Belfast-based adviser.
20 February 2013
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RDR
The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) regulations around independent and restricted advice mean that most independent advisers are actually operating as 'restricted advisers', according to one IFA practice owner.
19 February 2013
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Regulation
Andrew Bailey has been named as the chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
19 February 2013
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TCF
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined three Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) firms a total of £4.3m for failings that resulted in up to 140,000 customers receiving delayed payment protection insurance (PPI) redress.
19 February 2013
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RDR
The scale of financial adviser exits from the industry - largely as a result of changes brought in following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) - has been underlined by figures suggesting there are some 4,600 fewer advisers today than there were in...
19 February 2013
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Tax Planning
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should "name and shame" those who create, sell or use tax avoidance schemes to discourage activity which is costing the Treasury billions of pounds a year, a committee of MPs has said.
19 February 2013
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RDR
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has moved to calm some firms by making clear it will not be analysing adviser charging data to see if it represents "value for money" to customers.
18 February 2013
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RDR
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has criticised firms for failing to send in details of advisers' qualifications.
18 February 2013
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