FSA

The government has confirmed its moratorium on new regulation for small businesses does not affect ongoing or future activities by the FSA.

The investment trust industry is backing the RDR initiative wholeheartedly. Simon Cordery, head of investment trust investor relations at F&C Investments, explains why.

The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has commissioned an independent review of the FSA's report into the collapse of RBS to scrutinise why the regulator failed to spot problems at the bank.

The collapse of debt management firm debtDr just before Easter was a huge blow for its users but also advisers who recommended the firm to clients.

Coming into power so soon after the financial crisis, regulation was high up the coalition government's agenda, and the Treasury wasted little time in setting the course for change.

Firms offering unqualified IFAs 'lay advocate' roles post-RDR face a serious compliance headache, an investment consultant has warned.

Imagine a world in which a financial services regulator pre-approves products and forbids their sale without advice.

Mortgage Solutions editor Victoria Hartley talks to Sheila Nicoll, FSA director of conduct policy, at the Building Societies Association conference.

A group of 200 out-of-pocket investors is mounting a legal case against the government for allegedly failing to stop serious errors at the FSA, and in so doing improperly implementing MiFID.

Advisers who recommended contracts for difference (CFD) trader Direct Sharedeal have been caught in the middle of a blame game after the firm was put into administration.