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.
Law firm Lawrence Graham says sources close to the FSA review into enforcement action believe the report due next week will fail to recommend sufficient reform to the regime.
The FSA has today confirmed it will not be releasing the names of three firms referred to enforcement proceedings following the regulator's first major review of ‘higher risk' smaller mortgage firms since M-Day last year.
The FSA has appointed Margaret Cole, partner in law firm White & Case, as its new director of enforcement.
The Financial Services Authority has launched a nationwide crackdown to weed out mortgage brokers who are operating illegally.