TCF

The FSA says it is disappointed in the "sizeable" number of firms that failed to meet its March TCF deadline - and warns it will now intensify its focus on them.

The FSA will take into account calls from the ABI to ban trail commission for IFAs as part of its Retail Distribution Review, but will also consider the views of other industry bodies.

Revealing research suggests life insurers are saying no to high claims - and says advisers have a key role to play in stemming this trend.

Money Portal is offering its member firms an added incentive to adopt the principles of TCF by promising to give them a better valuation when and if they are sold.

Income protection provider Pioneer has set up an extra 47 workshops to add to its tour of the UK.

The FSA could force sub-prime mortgage lenders to shut out the very people they were set up to help, according to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

It seems there are few in the industry willing to talk about it but a major regulatory deadline passed last Friday: firms' implementation date for the treating customers fairly (TCF) regime.

Progress from Royal Liver is set to launch a website giving advisers the ability to gauge their progress meeting the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly principles.

Five years ago, the Financial Services Authority attempted to implement a regulatory regime which made mortgage lenders responsible for checking the quality of mortgage intermediary advice. After much argument from the industry the idea was thrown out....

More than half of advisers believe the Financial Services Authority has given them sufficient help in rolling out the treating customers fairly initiative, according to a straw poll by Assureweb and NS&I.