Memory lane: Six regs you want revived

LONG-LOST

Nicola Brittain
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Not all change in financial services has been for the better. Plenty of "good" regulations have been dropped, often in favour of less-workable alternatives.

So which regulations would you look to see revived? Nick Lincoln, owner, Views 2 Vision "Caveat Emptor, or 'buyer beware'. I think this should be more widely referred to with regard to regulation, but it has fallen out of fashion. "Clients are consenting adults, they should read their paperwork carefully and be responsible for decisions they make. As it stands, if they overlook something they can probably make a complaint and get compensation." Carl Melvin, managing director, Affluent "The life savings cap for pensions has been reduced to £1.5m (from £1.8m) - this has really pu...

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