Regulation

The latest wave of research conducted by data provider Assureweb has suggested that advisers are indifferent to the potential implications the RDR will have on their business.

The IMA has questioned the value of transparency as a regulatory tool.

The level of apathy among advisers for the implications of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is "considerable", a study suggests.

The FSA has banned three directors of London-based BPS Insure for failing to declare a deficit of around £3m in the firm's client account and that they had misused client money.

Almost one in six financial advisers will leave the industry if the Retail Distribution Review's (RDR) proposals are accepted in their current form.

Aifa's new policy director talks to Paul Robertson about issues affecting IFAs - from challenges of the RDR, to TCF deadlines and the ongoing PPI investigation - plus Kylie Minogue

The FSA has issued a consultation paper proposing Handbook changes that are required to implement aspects of the Payment Services Directive (PSD), a rule relevant to card payments, direct debits and money transfers.

The FSA has banned Barnsley-based IFA Darrell Mark Eaden from being a senior manager after he exposed clients to the risk of receiving unsuitable advice.

The FSA has issued an alert today that at least ten 'recovery firms' are targeting a scam at investors who bought shares through Pacific Continental Securities, a broker which went into administration in June 2007.

The FSA has been granted a permanent injunction preventing consultant Treadstone Corporation from illegally promoting and selling shares to UK investors.