Regulation

Almost 90% of advisers support calls to introduce a long-stop for the financial advice profession, research suggests.

The FSA has raised concerns that advisers are adopting a "one size-fits-all" approach to platforms and not adequately managing conflicts of interest.

The government has legislated to prevent a tax avoidance scheme involving the use of fake property businesses.

In today's Retail Conduct Risk Outlook the Financial Services Authority (FSA) identified the five products it feels pose the greatest mis-selling risk to consumers.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has cited a number of potential concerns it believes could lead to consumer detriment as firms make changes to their business models ahead of RDR implementation next year.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has claimed one of the major risks to consumers over the next 18 months is that of being mis-sold unsuitable financial products.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) spotted flaws with the Arch Cru marketing literature and ordered changes before the funds' suspension, Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban has claimed.

Lighthouse Advisory Services will increase the number of advisers working in its affinity division by approximately 100 over the next year, from 220 currently, according to joint CEO Malcolm Streatfield.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has become the first of the fund supermarkets to confirm it will offer investment trusts ahead of RDR.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has censured Bank of Scotland for failings within its Corporate Division between January 2006 and December 2008.