L&G vs. FSA - papers 19 January

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Yesterday's Financial Services and Markets Tribunal ruling in the battle between the FSA and Legal & General over alleged endowments mis-selling takes top billing in today's papers.

The Daily Telegraph takes the line the ruling was a victory for L&G as the Tribunal ruled there was no evidence of widespread mis-selling. It does acknowledge, however, that the eight cases of mis-selling identified out of a group of 60 cases the FSA originally stated it felt were mis-sold, but which the Tribunal said not, still left room for improvement. Interestingly, while the fine set by the FSA of £1.1m, which is now subject to another day’s hearings in front of the Tribunal, and which is expected to be set much lower if at all, pales against the legal costs teased out from the p...

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