AIFA and ABI to host regulation roundtable

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The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) is to co-host a roundtable event looking at how upcoming regulatory changes will affect IFAs.

Taking place at the end of the month, the event will be a closed-door meeting, but will involve practitioners from within the industry, as well as policymakers from the government and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The two trade bodies will then pursue the issues brought up with Mark Hoban, the financial secretary to the Treasury, and Martin Wheatley, the chief executive-designate of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the body which will regulate IFAs. Writing on the AIFA blog, policy director Chris Hannant said: "As the Financial Services Bill progresses through Parliame...

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