FSA
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Lenders and brokers could face enforcement action by the Office of Fair Trading if government authorities decide they have used unfair and unnecessary practices to sell debt consolidation loans.
12 March 2004
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Today marks the anniversary of the FSA's letters to heads of insurance companies, inviting them to apply for waivers on minimum solvency requirement rules and head off the threat of a complete UK stockmarket collapse.
11 March 2004
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Government departments responsible for UK financial services regulation and the subsequent Equitable Life crisis were deemed "superficial" and "inconsistent" into their handling of the mutual society's financial affairs, according to Lord Penrose's report....
09 March 2004
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Most young people believe investments and pensions are not relevant to their own financial position, and are instead aimed at "older people" according to research conducted by the FSA.
09 March 2004
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The Financial Services Authority is hosting a special meeting of European regulators next Thursday to look at the impact minimum professional indemnity insurance requirements of the Investment Services Directive and Insurance Mediation Directive could...
05 March 2004
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The Penrose report into what went wrong at Equitable Life is being published on Monday by Ruth Kelly MP, the Treasury has just confirmed.
05 March 2004
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Investment
The FSA's decision to give two weeks' grace period to providers of split capital investment trusts will be scant consolation to the individuals it identifies as having mis-sold products to consumers, according to the view of Daniel Godfrey, director general...
03 March 2004
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One IFA has been brave enough to download the FSA's latest depolarisation consultation paper and read it - his comments and concerns are shown below...
03 March 2004
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The FSA claims it has found evidence of the alleged "magic circle" of split capital investment trusts, so chief executive John Tiner is preparing to launch enforcement proceedings, reported in the Scotsman.
03 March 2004
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Mortgages
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is launching a factsheet to help mortgage intermediaries understand the changes facing them when the FSA regime comes into force later this year.
02 March 2004
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