Regulation

Almost half of advisers believe the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is unfair when adjudicating on advice cases, research suggests.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld a complaint against Sesame about unsuitable annuity advice, but refused to side with the complainant about the redress due.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has linked with the Big Lottery Fund in Wales to launch a £400,000 pilot scheme designed to help parents teach their kids about money.

Advisers have expressed concerns over plans to permit Certified Financial Planners to add the Chartered Wealth Manager designation by taking an online ethics exam, should a proposed merger between the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) and Chartered...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided Europe-wide rules on recording client consultations do not require UK financial advisers to tape face-to-face meetings to prove they are acting in clients' best interests.

Rathbone Unit Trust Management chief executive Mike Webb has urged advisers to consider the sustainability of fund performance when doing their due diligence, as he warned there is "still too much herding" going on in the market.

The City's two watchdog's the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) have publicly censured the Co-operative Bank failings including hiding the truth about its capital position.

Generalist advisers will be put under pressure by cheap automated alternatives as consumers increasingly question the value of advice, online adviser Wealth Horizon has said.

Our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...