FSA

MPs are concerned that the recently lifted ban on holding short positions in financial stocks has led to renewed instability in the sector.

The FSA has confirmed it will continue to require disclosure of short positions on financial stocks until the end of June.

The FSA moved a step closer to a nationwide Money Guidance service this week after confirming a number of partner groups for its regional pilot scheme.

Pensioners choosing the open market option (OMO) are losing out on the best annuity deals due to delays by pension providers, according to income broker Rockingham Retirement.

The FSA wants consumers to be compensated within seven days of a bank collapsing as part of proposals to reform the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) .

An investor from West Yorkshire has been charged with five counts of insider dealing and an additional count of money laundering by the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

The FSA is testing the feasibility of applying its short selling disclosure regime to all UK shares.

Financial advisers in Scotland are being invited to an FSA-hosted seminar on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Is past claims performance a guide to the future or will the FOS work on transparency be valuable to the industry? Gill Salton asks.

The FSA has published its RDR feedback statement. Will distinguishing between independent and sales advice, setting minimum qualifications for IFAs and introducing a standard for independent advice ‘reform the investment market' and increase confidence...