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The FSA is to look into charges levied by UK fund management groups after its head of investments policy queried why they had been rising in recent years.

A land banking operation which was continuing the work of a business previously shut by the Insolvency Service has itself been wound up.

A bill in Australia widely seen to mirror the UK's Retail Distribution Review has been passed by its parliament - albeit in a watered down form.

The FSA has stressed firms need to have robust controls and transparent product approval methods when developing retail structured products.

Small to micro employers will be given a "significant easement" of £1.7bn in the roll-out of auto-enrolment, under government plans to delay both staging and contribution rates.

This is the second of our fortnightly voxpops in which we gauge the views of consumers on a range of topics of interest to financial advisers...

Investors in stricken life settlements fund ARM Asset Backed Securities (ARM) are believed to be considering a class action lawsuit against the firm for the recovery of their assets.

Royal Bank of Canada's global wealth division, RBC Wealth Management, is set to acquire the Latin American, Caribbean and African private banking business of Coutts, the wealth division of Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The business has client assets...

Fairbairn Private Bank has appointed Richie Griffiths as private banker focusing on business development based in Jersey.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) is still hopeful of more amendments to the Financial Services Bill, including the reintroduction of a long-stop, after the legislation progressed through its latest stage.