Regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a paper clarifying its stance on how advisers will be held liable when dealing with insistent clients.

Lessons from across the pond

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is considering how it can introduce 'risk' as a metric upon which to base the calculation of its levy on firms.

Professional adviser body the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has called for the introduction of a product levy to help reduce the regulatory cost for advisers.

Adviser network Personal Touch has almost halved the amount of money it has set aside for settling complaints after paying out more than £256,000 in the last year.

The financial regulator may have raised hopes of lower FSCS levies under its latest capital adequacy proposals, but advisers say there is a simpler way...

Financial advisers should not be asked to help fund the government's retirement guidance service unless it is of demonstrable benefit to firms, the managing director of support firm SimplyBiz has said.

Preparing for the sunset clause is both urgent and important

Is this lowly figure the advice profit margin of the future?

The Conservative government will introduce legislation ruling out increases in income tax, value added tax (VAT) and national insurance rates for the next five years, it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech, which also detailed plans for an in-out EU referendum...