ScotAm fine dominates papers - Friday 7th March

Most newspapers are this morning following up news of Scottish Amicable's £750,000 fine from the FSA yesterday for mortgage endowment mis-selling. However, there seems to be little else happening in the finance sector, except for those with an interest in stock trading. Other news suggests proposals from the Higgs report - to reform the set-up of UK boardrooms, is likely to be watered down after protest from FTSE 100 companies, says the Times. Officials at the Financial Reporting Council, the body which drew up the corporate governance rules, say some aspects of the plans cou...