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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has refused to name the companies behind more than 300 adverts it removed last year.

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched a new standard for financial advice that it hopes will boost consumer confidence.

Consumer group Which? has listed absolute return funds and task-based income protection cover among a list of 'financial products to avoid'.

Comparison sites are failing to provide consumers with the best deal and should be strictly regulated, Which? has said.

Which? has urged banks to streamline their payment protection insurance (PPI) claim process or risk exposing customers to claims management companies, after just a quarter of the promised amount of redress was paid out in 2011.

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IFAs around the country are charging vastly different fees for the same work and should be forced to publish transparent fee menus, Which? has said.

The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) failure to clamp down on poor financial advice in banks and promote independent alternatives shows it is ‘hostile to consumers', it has been claimed.