Regulation

THE Personal Finance Society has developed a set of FSA-backed codes of practice for financial advisers.

THE FSA has warned it will continue to crackdown on general insurance intermediaries who fail to protect client money adequately.

THE Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has urged the FSA to liberalise listing legislation for private equity funds to allow the sector to expand.

THE IMA and AIFA have slammed the FSA's bids to deregulate saying they could leave firms in the dark about compliance requirements.

THE FSA, stung into action by accusations of failure to properly communicate policy to retail firms, has established a working party to improve its record in the area.

THE Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has urged the FSA to rethink its new minimum standards regime for

ADVISER firms authorised to hold client money are set to be hit by a near ten-fold increase in their levy payments to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

ADVISERS fear bulging client banks could lead to an FSA backlash as the regulator steps up its Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative.

THE FSA has published a policy statement and handbook text that meets the deadline for changing over to the Markets in Financial Instrument Directive rules (MiFID).

RESOLUTION has hit back at calls for the FSA to take action against providers of closed books of business, saying its approach is both transparent and accountable.