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After four years with Positive Solutions and a career spent with national IFAs, Tony Treble is going it alone. He tells Professional Adviser why…

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) said it is "unreasonable" to expect consumers to understand complex financial products and services.

The FSA has banned two advisers for not being "fit and proper".

Payday lenders are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over concerns customers are not being treated fairly.

WHO OWNS THE CLIENT?

BREACH!

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Standard Life after an investor complained the commission on his self-invested personal pension (SIPP) was not properly explained to him.

James Hay and Fidelity have been ordered to pay Sir Peter Gershon more than £26,000 in total in compensation after they delayed his investment by several months due to a lost cheque.

A firm has been fined £97,600 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for mis-selling unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), some of which have since wound up resulting in potential investor losses.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that TV ads for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Natwest misled consumers.