FSA

Industry figures have painted a "nightmare scenario" resulting from the break-up of the FSA with "horribly troublesome" turf wars breaking out between new regulatory bodies with overlapping functions.

Maria Merricks looks at how the RDR's qualification requirements will impact the adviser community.

Malcolm Murray, head of marketing at Transact, asks how can advisers ensure they select the right platform for them?

A TCF framework provides a useful structure for advisers to navigate RDR choices, writes David Norman of TCF Investments.

The City watchdog is considering whether Britain can claim exemption from European laws that will introduce the toughest pay restrictions in the world.

The FSA has fined three partners at a Sheffield-based IFA for supervisory failures which left a fourth free to commit financial crime.

The FSA says firms should be charged an exit fee by the compensation scheme (FSCS) if they stop advising on certain products.

The FSA today banned six individuals - fining one of them £130,000 - for failings in relation to mortgage fraud, taking the total number of brokers banned in the last three years to 91.

The FSA has appointed Linda Woodall as acting director of the small firms and contacts division.

FSA proposals to develop its capability to monitor individual advisers have been welcomed by the industry, but stakeholders are querying why the regulator has not already introduced a similar system.