FSA

First HM Treasury consults on simple products, then the FSA on product regulation - what gives?

Brokers should welcome CP10/28 for addressing important issues

Over a fifth of IFAs still switch personal pensions for clients despite fears of heavy-handed FSA anti-churn measures.

The ECJ's ban on gender-based insurance pricing may encourage more pension churning when combined with the effects of the RDR, Martin Bamford warns.

Mark Garnier has insisted only the FSA can change the course of RDR, despite the interventions of politicians and ministers.

Advisers must pass a one-day 'professional discussion' on four case studies and a technical interview to reach QCF Level 4 via the CII's alternative route, launched today.

Leverage is like Marmite in the world of ETFs - you either love it or you hate it. Recent figures from Barclays Stockbrokers show leveraged long and short ETFs featuring in the top 10 most popular purchases by retail investors, with a ‘super short' FTSE...

Adviser Alliance is steaming ahead with plans to launch a judicial review into the lack of a long-stop after an IFA lost a case relating to a 20-year claim.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has revealed that the regulator will publish its proposed framework for the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) in autumn 2011, with no rule changes due before 2012.

The FSA's top brass is primed for a final face-off with the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) on the RDR next week, and advisers want MPs to hit the regulator with its fiercest interrogation yet.