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Banks must stop cross-subsidising products to claim some of them are free, a Financial Services Authority (FSA) director has said.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has denied pension fund managers are excessively trading assets and hiding the cost this presents to consumers.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed new guidance outlining how product providers can facilitate the payment of adviser and consultancy charges to intermediaries.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will press ahead with plans to force pension providers and advisers to reveal the effect of adviser charging on pension plans at the point of sale.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will conduct another consultation into SIPP charge disclosure after an industry backlash.

The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) proposal to base advisers' regulatory fees on income rather than size is a tax on success, Derek Bradley, chief executive of PanaceaIFA has said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has been accused of "jumping on the bandwagon" and misleading the public on pension fund management charges.

Aegon has warned the government against eradicating active member discounts (AMDs) in pension schemes.

Plans to introduce a code of conduct forcing pension fund management fees to be disclosed to savers in a simple "pounds and pence" format may actually end up costing lower-paid members more, industry figures have warned.

Looking back at the weekend's national newspapers, your clients may have picked up on reports into unregulated investments, wills and pension fund fees...