Regulation

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed out new rules which would require banks and building societies to check customers' eligibility to claim on insurance cover provided in packaged accounts.

Standard Life has revealed a range of charging methods for its Retail International Bond product ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

The former chairman of Tenet Group has criticised the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over its ‘Kafkaesque' behaviour in blocking the company's finance director from obtaining a significant influence function (SIF).

The High Court has ordered two related companies into liquidation for their roles in a £3.2m land banking scam.

Adviser charging for personal and group personal pensions can be applied general pensions advice, including annuity choice or drawdown, according to guidance from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Uncertainty about professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover and concerns about the impact on consumers are among the main worries of Financial Services Authority (FSA) board members about a proposed £110m redress scheme for Arch Cru investors, it has...

RDR

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has cancelled an adviser's Part IV permissions for his failure to submit a Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) for 2011.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is refusing to change the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) sub-classes, despite anger from advisers about having to pay for Keydata failure.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has promised that one of its replacement bodies, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will not be a retrospective regulator.