The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) latest tactic towards product providers looks as if it coul...
The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) latest tactic towards product providers looks as if it could be a worrying precedent in its future relations with intermediary firms. The regulator is keen to ensure its comparative league tables of unit trusts, Isas and pensions are a success and that the product providers appear to be enthusiastic supporters. As a result, it has said that providing information is voluntary but anyone who does not will be named and shamed on the consumer-oriented tables. No doubt the FSA wants to look like a consumer champion but it is in danger of being the p...
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