FSA

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complainants received a total of £215m in redress in the first half of 2011, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed.

The FSA has said it will apologise to a firm's compliance officer for the conduct of two treating customers fairly (TCF) assessors during a supervisory visit after an official complaint was upheld.

Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question...

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has listed - and answered - 11 of the more difficult questions posed by advisers during a recent Retail Distribution Review (RDR) roadshow.

Platforms have stressed it is the responsibility of advisers to undertake due diligence on funds held on platforms.

Advisers are now largely clear on what they need to do to meet the requirements of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) from 1 January 2013. However, there are still a few queries arising, particularly regarding less conventional scenarios. The Personal...

Osborne Clarke head of regulatory services, Tim Boyce, on why clear communication with clients will be more important than ever following the FSA's platforms policy paper.

A mortgage adviser has been banned after being convicted of 13 counts of financial crime, the FSA said today.

Helen Morrissey takes a look at the results of the latest Retirement Planner Inquiry into the future of the SIPP and SSAS markets.

The FSA has cancelled the permissions of Cheshire-based mortgage broker Total Independent Mortgages for failing to submit its Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) for 2010.