Regulation

Understatement coming up: Stephen Gay was not universally welcomed as the director-general of the Association of IFAs (AIFA).

Stephen Gay is to leave AIFA after just 14 months to join the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) today highlights the FSA's swift dismissal last year of a proposal to delay the introduction of RDR as evidence of accountability and culture failings at the regulator, and said the same problems must not "plague" its...

The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has told trade bodies to be more vocal with their concerns about regulators and urged the industry to be the drivers of better regulation.

Pave Financial Management is to have its permissions cancelled by the FSA following the mis-selling of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), with two of its directors also being punished.

Police have arrested five men as part of its investigations into a small number of suspicious trades reported by Bristol-based stockbroker and wealth manager Rowan Dartington.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is been urged to consider charging a case fee before the complaint has been resolved and closed, as part of a drive for better efficiency.

BDO director of risk and regulation Alex Ellerton wonders whether the FSA wants trail commission to cease on a fund switch.

A former financial adviser has been jailed for conning a grandmother out of £150,000 after he was dismissed from his role as a senior financial adviser.

AIFA has appointed Chris Hannant as policy director, replacing Andrew Strange who left in August.