FSCS

Firms trying to expand into new business areas are having to wait 85% longer for Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation than two years ago.

Crippling FSCS levies: Know why you're paying, know how to stop

All advisory firms face the prospect of an interim levy from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in 2015-2016 following a swell of claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).

'Wealth managers are at the mercy of fund managers on costs'

Advisers and investors face further uncertainty over their fate as the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has once again delayed a ruling on advisers' liability for investment losses in overseas property scheme Arck.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will soon protect the total value of people's annuities, it has confirmed.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled in favour of four complainants who separately claimed they were given unsuitable advice to transfer their personal pensions to new plans permitting investment in overseas property.

Network Sesame has pledged to cover investment advisers' regulatory fees and trail commission arrangements as part of a benefits package for those going down its 'preferred route'.

Troubled overseas property investment scheme Harlequin has put its headquarters up for sale.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to raise £74.9m from financial advisers for the coming year, representing an upswing of 10.2%.