FSA

The chairman of the Association of IFAs (AIFA), John Gummer, has called for a three year review of the FSA's treating customers fairly initiative to determine what it has achieved.

The Treasury, in conjunction with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, has today published a consultation document on proposed changes to the Consumer Credit Act 1974 in an attempt to prevent the dual regulation of mortgages....

New entrants to the equity release sector need to be focused on delivering a first class service in an ethical manner, according to Bridgewater Equity Release.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants will tonight tell advisers the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) should be seen as "an opportunity rather than a threat" and insist the regulator does not have "an anti-IFA agenda".

The FSA is likely to crack down on buy-to-let mortgage selling to protect novice investors, according to Landlord Mortgages.

The FSA should adopt the Securities & Investment Institute's (SII) code of conduct if it is serious about ethics and integrity, the professional body says.

Adviser firms may be required to provide extra information about their income to the FSA under new rules governing the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The FSA has banned one mortgage broker and fined two others for sub-prime failings, it announced this morning.

The FSA has closed down a Manchester insurance broker after the firm sold insurance with no underwriting in place, leaving clients uninsured.

The FSA has been forced to delay a policy statement which would allow retail investors in the UK to invest in Funds of Alternative Investment Funds (FAIFs), including funds of hedge funds.