FSA

Firms can 'make a judgement' about when pure protection services are associated with investment advice as the FSA settles on a more relaxed disclosure regime under COBS.

The FSA has banned a former IFA company director for sending a fake letter to a client saying the Financial Ombusdman (FOS) had awarded them thousands of pounds.

All non-media relations personnel at regulated firms should be banned from speaking to the media, regardless of seniority, the FSA says, but it denies choking press freedom.

Is joining a network the answer for advisers in the run up to RDR?

Alpha to Omega (A2O), the failed adviser network, has been put into default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme(FSCS).

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will increase the claims limit for investors to €100,000 from January 2011.

Lawyers representing Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) customers sold Keydata products have written to CEO Matthew Bullock accusing him of seeking "special treatment" over compensation claims which could hit thousands of IFAs.

The FSA has fined a firm and two individuals for failures in relation to the sale of Lehman-backed structured products between November 2007 and August 2008.

The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) will set house prices tumbling, says the director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Keydata founder Stewart Ford has accused administrators Dan Schwarzmann and Mark Batten from PwC of conflict of interest in dealing with the collapsed investment firm.