Simply Biz chairman Ken Davy has given his support to the Conservatives' plans to abolish the FSA and establish a new Consumer Protection Agency.
He also says the Tory proposals, unveiled today, put the spotlight on FSA initiatives such as the RDR and he repeated his plea for the new regime to be delayed to enable the impact on consumers to be properly assessed. Davy says: “The announcement that the Conservatives propose to abolish the FSA is a welcome breath of fresh thinking which I believe will benefit commerce and consumers as well as the whole of the financial sector. “Ironically this is not because of the abolition of the FSA itself but rather the much clearer focus the new structure will bring to the issues of financial ...
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