FSA

The FSA has published new tools to help advisers assess customer needs, communicate with customers (suitability letters) and manage information.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has sparked fury amongst IFAs after a call to end commission payments over the weekend.

The Association of IFAs says the Government must consider the need for advice on personal accounts before the scheme can be fully embraced.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel says a move by the FSA to end commission payments is the only way to avoid mis-selling scandals in the future.

Total pension assets available to wealth managers are set to rise from £310bn to around £1,310bn for potential maximum affordable contributions, according to new research.

So, the FSA have now announced that the menu document will disappear from the end of the year. I don't know if I should laugh with relief or cry about what will follow.

Four in ten fines meted out by the FSA now concern TCF breaches, according to research from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

Poor management and complaints handling failures have seen an IFA firm cop a £42,000 fine from the FSA.

The FSA will expand the regulatory regime for private equity firms after assessing the impact of private equity on the UK wholesale markets.

David William King has been banned for life for selling 1,800 insurance policies without authorization.