Limits on loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages were back on the agenda last night after George Osborne told MPs the Bank of England could intervene to prevent another housing crisis.
The government will not ensure the new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) includes an expert on insurance, the Chancellor has said.
A Financial Policy Committee member has branded lobbying tactics by banks against tighter financial regulation as "intellectually dishonest and potentially damaging".
Some 80% of advisers have said regulatory scrutiny on exchange traded funds (ETFs) echos their own concerns about the products.
The Treasury has denied the new regulatory structure set to replace the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will clash with European regulation.
Former chairman of the Investment Management Association (IMA) and previous chief executive of F&C Asset Management Robert Jenkins has been appointed as an external member of the interim Financial Policy Committee (FPC).
The International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR) says further assessment of the potential risks from ETFs needs to be considered.
A former editor of the Financial Times was today named alongside a professor, a banker and an ex-vice chairman of the Federal Reserve as external members of the interim Financial Policy Committee (FPC).
Paraplanning should no longer be seen as a 'stop-gap' on the way to becoming an adviser, so says Chartwell Financial head of paraplanning Sarah Hammond.
Paraplanners play a key role in adviser firms up and down the country but, until now, their work has been mainly behind the scenes. However, the IFP's launch of a new paraplanner qualification has thrust their job into the spotlight.