The FSA today reached its "first milestone" in the transition to the new regulatory structure by replacing its supervision and risk units.
The launch this week of the FSA's Money Advice Service was met with a healthy dose of cynicism, with some even seeing it as a potential threat to IFAs. Rahul Odedra put in a call to find out...
Former financial services secretary Lord Myners has called for a review into the minimum capital requirements for IFAs not holding client money.
FSA chief executive Hector Sants and Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban are to spend a day with a Sussex IFA in a bid to "better understand" the advice sector.
AIFA director Robert Sinclair has raised concerns about simplified advice, suggesting it could lead the industry into some ‘very strange places'post-RDR.
SIPPs have lost 'millions of pounds' as a result of the collapse of Keydata, providers say, as the scale of the deficits slowly come to light.
It is only March, and the FSA has twice this year fired warning shots over risk profiling. So how should you respond?
As part of Professional Adviser's series looking at how firms are preparing for RDR, Jones Hill managing director Brian Hill recalls a seminal moment...
Ed Dymott says Fidelity is actively lobbying the FSA to re-think its proposed cash rebate ban and is "confident" the regulator will pay heed to the platform community's concerns.
In the financial services world we are already surrounded by numerous committees. But that didn’t stop the FSA from setting up a new one–excitingly branded the Coordination Committee (CC).