Regulation

The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has said allowing the new regulator to publish early warning notices poses a risk to ‘natural justice' and urged the government to reconsider the issue.

The FSA today confirmed its policy and guidance on when trail commission will be paid after the implementation of the retail distribution review.

The FSA has finalised its guidance on when firms can (and can not) receive commission post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

The Investment Management Association (IMA) said it is "very disappointed" with elements of the FSA's guidance on the treatment of trail commission post-RDR.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will allow advisers to continue to take trail commission after 2012 on fund switches within life policies set up pre-RDR.

The FSA has issued updated guidance on firms' use of distributor-influenced funds (DIFs).

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called on MPs to ensure the new regulator emphasises the innocence of firms if they are exonerated after the publication of warning notices.

The FSA has banned two advisers for not being "fit and proper".

Sanlam UK has inked a deal with Statehouse Financial Management which will see the Wiltshire-based firm adopt Sanlam's hybrid advice model.