A ‘fake' stockbroker has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for dishonesty including theft, the FSA has confirmed.
Norwich Union Life has been fined £1.26m by the FSA for failing to protect its customers' confidential information and manage its financial crime risks.
The FSA has banned four individuals for dishonest behaviour when passing reinsurance business to Sphere Drake Insurance Limited.
The FSA has banned one mortgage broker and fined two others for sub-prime failings, it announced this morning.
The FSA has fined an adviser firm £10,500 for exposing consumers to the risk of being sold unsuitable equity release products.
The FSA will slash its enforcement staff by 20% as it bids to construct a more qualified and experienced team.
The Financial Services Authority is proposing to make changes to the enforcement and decision making sections of its handbook, claiming it will make the material shorter and simpler.
The Financial Services Authority is considering the use of "creative penalties" in the financial services sector as an alternative to imposing blanket fines on firms.
The Financial Services Authority has implemented a policy which aims to make its enforcement process more transparent and fair, following criticisms by the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal in January.
The Financial Services Authority should separate the team investigating regulatory breaches and the team which decides whether to take action against companies, suggests a review of the FSA's enforcement action process.