FSA

The regulator has said it will consult on developing inflation-adjusted point-of-sale illustrations for personal pensions.

Capita Financial Software has launched the latest version of its Synaptic Comparator service which enables advisers to compare on and off platform options.

The FSA is unlikely to pursue plans to collect transactional data on advisory businesses from product providers, platforms and third party distributors via product sales data (PSD), the regulator suggested today.

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.

Coutts, the private bank owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is expected to be fined in the region of £6m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) today for the mis-selling of bonds issued by failed US insurer AIG.

Last year the government launched its consultation on simple financial products and a summary of responses has now been published.

M&G global head of retail sales says industry is awash with mediocrity, which must be eradicated.

M&G global head of retail sales says industry is awash with mediocrity, which must be eradicated.

A UK ban on the payment of commission from providers to advisers who sell its products can go ahead unchanged and unhindered, the European Commission (EC) has said, quashing concerns a Europe-wide directive could scupper the requirements.