FSA

This year could be "the year of regulation and enforcement" Michael Coogan, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), has warned.

The Financial Services Authority says it is delaying changes to the FSA Handbook on Training and Competence and the Approved Persons regime as a proposed EU directive could affect regulatory rules.

Mortgage regulation has prompted little dramatic change in consumers' perception of the mortgage market, but negative feelings remain about advisers' behaviour, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

IFA firms could get caught in a "spiral of decline" with falling revenues, increasing costs of conducting business, competition from banks and a lack of investment in low-growth firms, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Berkeley Berry Birch's decision to withdraw its appeal to the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal has raised questions about the fairness of the UK financial services regulatory regime's appeals process in relation to IFAs and whether, in reality,...

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced the retirement of Oliver Page, director of major retail groups and financial stability sector leader.

The Financial Services Authority is encouraging banks to further engage consumers in the fight against online banking fraud, after research found consumer confidence is "fragile".

Thousands of intermediaries and hundreds of insurers may have to rewrite their Terms of Business Agreements (TOBAs) because of a lack of clarity from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over client money rules, a City law firm has warned.

The Liberal Democrats have urged the Financial Services Authority to reconsider scrapping the approved persons regime in the wholesale market, arguing the move would further undermine the financial services sector.

THIS MORNING'S papers are discussing the speech by the FSA's head of enforcement, in which she says the watchdog is ready to be harsher with rule-breakers.