11:42 | 21 Aug 2008
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Colin McClelland
The Financial Services Authority has fined five car dealerships more than £175,000 in total for putting more than 2,000 customers at risk of buying unsuitable payment protection insurance, but it gave them a 30% discount for co-operating.
09:30 | 21 Aug 2008
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Maryrose Fison
Will green laws make SRI companies more attractive – as asset manager Morley claims?
13:35 | 20 Aug 2008
| By
Richard Harris
Software company Prestwood Group is marking the IFP's inaugural Financial Planning Week by offering 50 places to seminars on providing 'joined up' advice.
09:30 | 20 Aug 2008
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Michelle McGagh
Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes – and that the retail distribution review (RDR) will mean advisers will have to move to an increased level of qualification
00:01 | 20 Aug 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is calling on chartered financial planners to become assessors of the ISO 22222 kitemark to cope with demand for the new qualification.
11:06 | 19 Aug 2008
| By
Richard Harris
Investors who bought shares through Pacific Continental Securities are being cold-called by overseas scammers offering to buy shares for a fee, according to complaints received by the regulator.
09:30 | 19 Aug 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
Networks and adviser support services providers are putting pressure on the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to rethink the division between sales and advice in the retail distribution review (RDR).
00:01 | 14 Aug 2008
| By
Maryrose Fison
Despite an overabundance of regulation over pensions, accounting standards are obscuring consumer choice, says consultant Lane Clark & Peacock.
12:18 | 13 Aug 2008
| By
Maryrose Fison
The Financial Services Authority has fined the UK operations of Credit Suisse £5.6 million for failing to conduct its business with due skill, care and diligence after several traders intentionally mis-priced securities.
00:01 | 13 Aug 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The need for all advisers to be trained to diploma-level will stifle on-the-job training and deter potential recruits to the industry, says Standard Life.
13:26 | 12 Aug 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The Chartered Insurance Institute has become the first official assessor of the ISO 22222 standard.
11:22 | 07 Aug 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The regulator has delayed the retail distribution review final report until November in order to allow new FSA head Jon Pain to familiarise himself with it.
00:01 | 05 Aug 2008
| By
Richard Harris
David Seager has been appointed to oversee Sifa's member recruitment and relationships with providers as the support group experiences a 'groundswell' of interest from IFAs seeking to capitalise on the Legal Services Act.
11:07 | 30 Jul 2008
| By
Gavin Lumsden
The Financial Services Authority has given a preliminary assessment of Aviva's £1 billion reattribution offer to policyholders, saying it is fair.
14:19 | 29 Jul 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The regualtor has made eight arrests after a London and South East sting on insider dealing rings.
09:30 | 29 Jul 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
Regulation of financial advice could move towards the US system of legally-bound financial planners if the accountancy trade bodies are successful in creating a legal definition of the term accountant.
16:24 | 28 Jul 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
The regulator has appointed Jon Pain as a replacement for Clive Briault but will lose chief operation officer David Kenmir in the New Year.
00:01 | 28 Jul 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
FSA chief executive Hector Sants acknowledged the scale of the challenge presented by the retail distribution review as the chairmen of the regulator’s two main panels reiterated their concerns.
16:27 | 24 Jul 2008
| By
Richard Harris
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme ended the 2007/08 financial year with more than £23 million on its A13 sub-scheme account, suggesting there is plenty of scope for rebates to IFAs.
11:43 | 23 Jul 2008
| By
Michelle McGagh
Mortgage broker PMSG has been fined £35,000 by the regulator for putting 620 clients at risk by recommending mortgages they could not afford or did not need.
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