FSA

FSA guidance on structured product advice wrongly makes the investments seem unsuitable for consumers with no risk appetite, according to AIFA.

An Essex-based mortgage broker has been banned by the FSA for failing to conduct satisfactory fact-finds and delivering unsuitable advice.

Advisers should not get defensive when asked for additional information by SIPP providers, the FSA says.

A local IFA has become the first personal financial planner in Wales to be certified to ISO 22222 by Standards International.

Skandia has launched a guide to help advisers simplify due diligence when choosing a platform provider.

The FSA's remit could be expanded to include the regulation of buy-to-let and second-charge mortgages, under new proposals published by the Treasury today.

The FSA's "shaky" cost-benefit analysis of the RDR will face "proper scrutiny" after the National Audit Office (NAO) announced it is to investigate the FSA, the Association of IFAs (AIFA) says.

Nomura International has been fined £1.75m for widespread systems and controls failings relating to its International Equity Derivatives (IED) business.

Former FSA chairman Sir Callum McCarthy has joined US private equity group JC Flowers as European chairman.

Former FSA chairman Sir Callum McCarthy has joined US private equity group JC Flowers as European chairman.