FSA

The FSA is set to clarify the fate of trail commission when clients switch adviser from 2013 following concerns from advisers and providers.

With the number of propositions soaring and the FSA issuing strict guidance, advisers need to carry out careful due diligence when picking the right platform for clients, writes Skandia's Jeremy Mugridge.

AT8's Mark Loosmore reports on Octopus Investment's bespoke contact management system which the firm has honed to maximise customer service.

An IFA is taking the FSA to task over the costs of regulation after calculating the percentage of his firm's hourly rate that goes to the FSA.

There are few certainties in this changed political reality - except that the FSA stays put

The FSA today censured Integrity Financial Solutions for advice failings relating to the sale and promotion of geared traded endowment policies (GTEPs).

The number of complaints received by financial advisers fell in the second half of last year as gripes against banks and building societies doubled due to back-dated bank charge grievances, FSA figures show.

Intermediaries pose a "far greater" fraud risk to the mortgage market than lenders' advisers, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says.

Neptune MD Robin Geffen has stepped up his campaign to oust Prudential's CEO Tidjane Thiam as the insurer is poised to gain FSA approval for its takeover of AIG's Asian arm AIA.

The FSA has cancelled the permissions of a small Derbyshire adviser for failing to pay a £1,000 FSCS levy.