News
Regulation
The Complaints Commissioner has rebuked the FSA for publishing "misleading" and "ambiguous" information about cheque clearing times on its website.
06 January 2012
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Regulation
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has hailed the increase in the ombudsman's free case fee threshold as a positive move for IFA firms.
06 January 2012
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ETFs
Advisers have expressed concern at the rise in popularity of 'short ETFs' - products designed to track the inverse price of an index or underlying asset.
06 January 2012
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Employee Benefits
Employees are more likely to have been absent from work due to personal reasons than because of sickness, new research has revealed.
06 January 2012
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Service
Axa will quit the Irish Insurance Federation (IIF) after claiming it can no longer afford the membership cost due to the economic climate.
06 January 2012
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Employee Benefits
Trade union Unite has rejected the government's latest proposal for reform of the NHS pension scheme (NHSPS).
06 January 2012
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RDR
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to hold a series of retail distribution review (RDR) implementation surgeries across the country, begininng at the end of this month.
06 January 2012
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Advisers are being urged to check all clients coming up to and in-retirement to see whether they need to protect their fund against the reduction in lifetime allowance.
06 January 2012
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Regulation
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is proposing a new funding system for those businesses which receive mass complaints.
06 January 2012
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