FSA

The Financial Services Authority should only monitor the outcome and not the process of firms' compliance with principles-based regulation, suggests the Association of IFAs.

The Financial Services Authority will consult later this year on how firms' complaints-handling requirements may change as a result of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid).

The Office of Fair Trading will not take any action over the FSA's derived market average commission rates for collective investment schemes (CIS), despite agreeing the calculations used were "incorrect".

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) will remove significant obstacles for IFAs wishing to give advice to clients who live in other member states.

A Kent-based IFA has hit out against what he says is unfair treatment at the hands of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

A KNIFE-EDGE decision on interest rates tomorrow has become even more uncertain after key economic surveys sent out conflicting signals, reports The Times.

Paternoster, the latest entrant to the bulk annuity market, has joined forces with Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions.

Signs of improvement in sub-prime mortgage and general insurance financial promotions are 'limited', according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

STANDARD LIFE yesterday confirmed it has started to see a number of its with-profits policyholders cash in their plans after receiving windfalls from the group's flotation, reports The Scotsman .

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a consultation paper on implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) for regulated firms and markets.