FSA

The FSA plans to extend the scope of the Significant Influence Function (SIF) regime and introduce a more detailed framework on effective governance standards within firms.

The FSA's Mortgage Market Review must not contain reactionary regulatory intervention, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).

Advisers want FSA guidance on what terminology to use in client agreements after it contacted two firms over unfair contract terms (UCTs).

Clive Waller, director at CWC Research, takes a closer look at what CP 09/31 could mean for protection IFAs...

John Moret, director of marketing at Suffolk Life, says sophisticated and widely available tools can help IFAs give good quality and specialist advice on income drawdown.

With low interest rates and an ever increasing number of investors nearing retirement, income products are in high demand...

Matt Ward, wealth management consultant at Defaqto, assesses the threats and opportunities facing the SIPP world...

The FSA has fined Derbyshire-based firm Sett Valley Insurance Services and its two partners £49,000 for failing to treat customers fairly and exposing them to "unsuitable advice".

The FSA is to get more involved at an earlier stage of product design and stress testing, rather than just at the point of sale, to try and avoid further mis-selling scandals.

Firms must not add early repayment charges on top of arrears charges as part of a raft of measures designed to ensure the fair treatment of mortgage holders in arrears.