Regulation

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".

Amendments should be made to the Financial Services Bill to ensure the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) properly promotes UK financial services in the global market, a think tank has said.

The managing director of James Hay has apologised to ex-Honister advisers for a ‘heavy handed' letter sent direct to their clients indicating they could appoint a new adviser while theirs awaited re-authorisation.

The Association of British Insurers has said it is "extremely confident" age and disability pricing factors will not go the same way as gender with the incoming EU Equal Treatment Directive.

Victims of a £1m boiler room scam are to be paid back a fraction of their losses after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) secured a court order against the fraudsters behind it.

The government has been criticised for its insistence that the Money Advice Service (MAS) should be responsible for educating consumers about risk.