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The threat of an increase in interest rates in the new year grew yesterday after the International Monetary Fund sounded a warning another rise may well be needed, reports the Times .

The Financial Services Authority is investigating how market sensitive information was leaked during four recent takeovers in London, reports the Daily Telegraph .

The Treasury has announced changes to the board of the Financial Services Authority, including the appointment of two non-executive directors.

The Financial Services Authority has published a set of web pages for small firms to help them understand the treating customers fairly initiative.

Symponia is in talks with the Financial Services Authority about the future of care fees planning advice, following letters of support from MPs for expanding the remit of CF8.

Amendments to listing rules published in the FSA's Consultation Paper 06/21 would allow closed-ended funds to control companies in which they invest.

Consumers taking out interest-only mortgages in the main have a reasonable understanding of the risks involved but a minority of borrowers do not have robust repayment strategies in place, according to a report published by the Financial Services Authority....

The Association of British Insurers says figures it has compiled suggest mortgage endowment customers get a better deal by complaining direct to their providers rather than using claims management companies.

Independent financial advisers are not required to use more than one wrap platform if they conclude it is in the bests interest of the client to place their assets through such services, the FSA says.

The latest FSA report on mortgage endowment complaints handling is a story of two halves, according to evidence put forward by the regulator.