FSA

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has launched a sanctions checking facility to help members comply with the Terrorism Act and the FSA financial crime requirements.

Transact has told advisers it is not looking to expand into the direct to consumer (D2C) or workplace savings markets and will instead focus solely on the IFA space.

Alliance Trust has alerted the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after a number of its shareholders received bogus telephone calls offering to buy shares at double their market value.

Wrap Transact suffered a £3m drop in profits last year after it was hit by an FSA fine for client money breaches.

The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) report into the failure of HBOS is being delayed by a legal challenge from Peter Cummings, a former senior executive at the bank.

Advisers should expect a sharp focus on their investment propositions when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) begins its review of small firms later this year, according to Simplybiz managing director Matthew Timmins.

A group campaigning for a judicial review into the Arch Cru investment funds scandal has had its initial request rejected by the High Court.

Happy new year, and some potentially good news on PMI premiums.

It's been another busy (and in some instances raucous) year in financial services. While it's been a positive 12 months in many respects for advisers, the regulator has again come in for criticism...

Redress paid to customers complaining about the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) has hit £1bn in 2011, following the release of the latest monthly figures from the FSA.