FSA

There has been a significant improvement in firms' key facts documents (KFDs) since major failings were identified in a 2007 review, the FSA says.

Police and the FSA have arrested a senior corporate finance adviser and another person as part of an insider dealing investigation.

In light of the FSA's proposed regulatory fee increases for IFAs, do you think that advisers should have more input with the regulator on rules affecting their business? Should they be represented on the board?

The FSA has banned Walthamstow-based mortgage adviser Ashfaq Ahmed for submitting mortgage applications on his own behalf that were based on false and misleading information about his income.

The FSA should ensure it does not cause the UK financial services industry to stagnate as it tightens regulation, the Chancellor says.

The FSA has publicly censured Doncaster-based broker Mortgages Remortgages for exposing up to 80 of its customers to the risk of being sold an unsuitable self-certified mortgage.

Action groups fighting for compensation for depositors hit by the collapse of Kaupthing and Lansbanki have call for an investigation into the availability of onshore bank accounts for crown dependency residents.

It might be the cynicism of my middle age but there comes a time when it is necessary to step back and examine what is going on in life, what it is all about and what you are doing as an individual.

The FSA will take a more intrusive and systemic approach to its supervision of firms in the future, according to its chairman, Lord Turner.

Greater regulatory control will be exerted over the activities of credit ratings agencies and hedge funds as the FSA acknowledges their contribution to the current global financial crisis.