Regulation

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned and fined a former commercial insurance broker £471,846 for using clients' money to fund his own business.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is planning to ramp up its efforts to make consumers aware of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) next month.

The Board of financial adviser Lighthouse Group has moved to end speculation over its plans to de-list the company from the AIM stock market.

Six men have been convicted of offences relating to insider dealing which netted them £732,000 in profits.

The leading accountants' trade body is to redraft its code of ethics and allow members to refer clients to restricted advisers on a case-by-case basis after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Concerns have been expressed about the way in which the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is communicating the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) to consumers.

Seven more banks have agreed to join the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) review of sales of interest rate hedging products to SMEs.

Government plans to crackdown on aggressive tax avoidance schemes by forcing companies to hand over details of wealthy clients using the set ups.

A proposed £110m redress scheme for Arch Cru investors could "irreparably" damage firms forced to pay for the failures of others through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the regulator has been warned.

David Hickey, chairman of the Lighthouse Group, has robustly defended the company's proposal to de-list from the AIM stock market, saying critics of the move are "ill informed or ignorant".