House of Lords
Regulation
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has again pledged to leave the door open to the possibility of reintroducing a 15-year long-stop on client complaints, though it continues to doubt the benefit of doing so.
20 September 2012
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Regulation
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has proposed the idea of ‘customer agreed liability' as a way of tackling the absence of a 15-year long stop on complaints.
19 September 2012
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Regulation
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has admitted any proposal in Parliament to reintroduce a 15-year complaints long-stop for financial advisers is unlikely to make it on to the statute books.
31 August 2012
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Regulation
Plans to allow the new financial regulator to publish warning notices about enforcement action have been branded as "unjust and dangerous" by a Conservative peer.
22 August 2012
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RDR
A Conservative Peer has criticised fellow politicians for failing to question the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) commission ban and warned of the unintended consequences.
21 August 2012
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Regulation
The government is considering the ability of financial advisers to advise on social investments as part of an effort to boost activity in the area.
11 July 2012
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Regulation
A House of Lords committee has called for a ban on commission payments to financial advisers across Europe, regardless of their status.
10 July 2012
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