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Some 80% of advisers have said regulatory scrutiny on exchange traded funds (ETFs) echos their own concerns about the products.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed wide ranging reforms and a tightening of the rules around how exchange traded funds (ETFs) operate in Europe.

A dealer in retail properties has been jailed for three years for defrauding investors in deals exceeding £1.3m.

Financial companies can expect increased scrutiny from prosecutors and regulators as the biggest overhaul of Britain's bribery laws in more than a hundred years comes into force today.

Three individuals have been charged as part of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into an alleged £10m 'Ponzi' scheme.

Former chartered surveyor Ian McGarry, jailed yesterday for seven years for his part in a £50m mortgage fraud, is to appeal the sentence, which his solicitor branded as "manifestly excessive".

A chartered surveyor and property investor have been jailed for a total of 20 years after admitting their role in a £50m commercial mortgage fraud.

A bit of a pay war kicked off this week between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the FSA. The head of the SFO wants to raise his staff’s salaries by 50% to put them on a par with their equivalents at the FSA.

The head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) wants to raise salaries by 50% to put his staff on a par with those at the FSA, in a bid to stem a flow of departures and attract high-calibre recruits from private practice.

The Insolvency Service has said there will be no proceedings taken against Stewart Ford and the other Keydata directors.