Financial Ombudsman Service

Advice firms have raised fears over "systemic mis-selling" through simplified advice and said ongoing regulatory uncertainty has stifled market developments, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has warned advisers and paraplanners that "ticking all the boxes from a compliance point of view" may not be enough to win in a complaint case.

Financial services businesses can benefit from getting complaints as they provide valuable feedback on how the firm is doing, acting chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) Tony Boorman has said.

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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has made public details of around 1,250 final decisions as its new reporting service goes live.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has seen a 179% increase in complaints about financial products and services in the first quarter of the 2013/14 financial year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its levy for the coming year will be £432.1m, with financial advisers contributing 9% of the total.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has arranged a meeting with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to discuss what it believes is "inconsistent" adjudicating by the body when resolving complaints against advisers.

The number of new complaints taken on by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) almost doubled over the past year, figures show.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled Intrinsic Independent Limited must repay about £86,000 to a client it gave unsuitable advice to invest his self-invested personal pension (SIPP) into an offshore property unregulated collective investment...