FSA

Two people were arrested in London today as part of an FSA insider dealing investigation.

The FSA is warning investors and IFAs to beware of an e-mail swindle in which scammers pretend to be watchdog chairman Lord Adair Turner.

What IFAs need to do to keep the regulator happy when advising on pension switching

RDR issues - part one

IFA victims of a website copying scandal have been told to rely on lawyers rather than the regulator or professional bodies' codes of ethics to discipline the thieves.

The FSA has rejected proposals to base its annual fees for intermediaries on the amount of revenue they receive relative to providers.

The FSA is proposing scrapping its current A12 and A13 fee blocks, which encompass advisers, to create a much wider reaching category for firms holding client assets.

IFA Howard Bullock explains why structured product providers need to stop guarding their offerings like a special sauce if they want to win over advisers.

Income protection insurance sales will increase in importance as a result of FSA scrutiny and the Spending Review the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has said.

The regulator this week hit back at CML claims almost four million borrowers would have been denied a mortgage if Mortgage Market Review (MMR) proposals had been in force between 2005 and 2008.