FSA

The Financial Services Authority has issued a bulletin on financial promotions of mortgages, advising firms on several issues they can take into account when designing their own promotions.

The financial services industry has criticised the Financial Services Authority's "interrogatory and confrontational" interview manner during its Arrow visits, according to a survey by law firm Beachcroft Wansboroughs.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found no evidence small IFA firms are "fobbing off" mortgage endowment complaints, but has discovered some issues with complaints handling practices that firms must address.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is expected to send IFAs a bill for £9m next year just for endowment compensation claims, in its overall regulatory levy, IFAonline can reveal.

BRITAIN'S BIGGEST independent financial adviser group could be shut down by the City regulator unless it plugs a hole in its accounts, says the Guardian .

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has kept more than 600 "rogue" mortgage and general insurance (M&GI) firms out of the industry since the start of regulation.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is re-launching a learning package for practitioners offering Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) in light of public concerns over selling practices.

A solicitor and his law firm must pay £360,000 to 63 investors involved in a boiler room scam, the Court of Appeal has confirmed today.

A call has gone out to IFAs and financial planners to use their commercial muscle to put pressure on product providers and reform information given to consumers in non-advised sales.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has threatened to take enforcement action over the web-based financial promotions of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), after its review found failings by 11 intermediaries.