FSA

FSA chairman Lord Turner has warned regulators will have the power to cap mortgages using credit control powers last enforced in the 1980s.

Founder and director of Wills & Trusts Independent Financial Planning David Batchelor reveals seven essential shifts in thinking to massively improve IFAs' profits.

The PFS's plans to publish a ‘plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance are to be applauded.

The FSCS has moved to deny 'inaccurate' press reports it plans to cut the compensation cover for investments from the current £50,000.

The FSA and US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support more robust cooperation between the two regulators.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will publish a 'plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance next year, because it says many advisers are still 'very unsure' about how to comply with the new rules.

The FSA has appointed Gerard Lemos as chairman of the new Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB).

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has pledged to take up the fight for Keydata investors after being contacted by an IFA with clients' money in the failed investment company.

Exam writers Calibrand have entered the market with an 'RDR-ready' QCF Level 4 offering for financial advisers.

IFAs are under-equipped to benefit from a looming explosion of interest in long term care products, says a market specialist.