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The Financial Services Authority has announced its authorisation forms now cover the Capital Requirements Directive.

Life and pensions new business sales rose by 30% to £3.8bn in the third quarter of 2006, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers.

More than half of firms do not see any 'obvious benefits' in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, according to research from the Financial Services Authority.

The financial services sector would be able to sustain its core services in the event of a flu pandemic, according to the Financial Services Authority.

The Financial Services Authority has published an anti-money laundering self-assessment tool for small firms to ensure they are addressing their legal and regulatory obligations to combat financial crime.

The Financial Services Authority has urged the European Commission to consider whether a more principles-based approach to regulation would achieve its desire to integrate mortgages across the EU.

Rachel Lomax, the Bank of England's deputy governor for monetary policy, cast further doubt over the likelihood of another interest-rate rise by voting against this month's rise from 4.75% to 5%, reports the Times .

A handful of high profile MPs have written to the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority expressing support for Symponia's campaign to tighten the regulation of long-term care.

Autumn and early winter means one thing in ‘Mortgage-Land'; it's the time of the trade shows. You can't move for them. And if you include in that AMI's own regional conferences - which come to an end this week in Glasgow - then it's a very busy time not...

The Financial Services Authority has fined Capital Mortgage Connections £17,500 for cold calling potential customers and other rule breaches.