FSA

The City of London police and the FSA are warning investors to be on their guard as boiler room fraudsters are using new tactics to persuade investors to pay tens of thousands of pounds for non-existent shares.

IFAs who referred clients to advisory service debtDr fear they could be targeted for compensation after the firm went bust last night with no details available about the whereabouts of client money.

Three past and present IFAs have broken the taboo on talking about their encounters with an FSA investigation team. Laura Miller discovers an industry divided between suspicion of the rule maker and fair-minded support for the rules...

SIPP investors' demand for unregulated collective investment schemes is on the rise, despite a series of high profile failings and regulatory warnings about the products.

The FSA has fined N&P £1.4m for giving unsuitable advice on Keydata products, on top of the £51m it must pay out in compensation.

The FSA is investigating Prudential and its investment bank advisers Credit Suisse, JPMorgan and HSBC over the insurer's $35bn aborted bid for AIA, according to reports.

John Porteous, chartered and certified financial planner, considers whether advisers really need to have independent status post-RDR.

The High Court today ruled banks must look again at hundreds of thousands of PPI cases, following an unsuccessful judicial review by the British Bankers Association (BBA) against the FSA.

The FSA gave platforms just one week to respond to another follow-up questionnaire as it explores "other scenarios" alongside the ongoing cash rebate controversy, it has emerged.

Regulation imposed by the FSA is a greater burden and competitive disadvantage on brokers than corporation tax, the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has warned.