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Independent advisers are being blamed for the failings of fund managers and have become scapegoats for the industry's problems, Applewood Wealth Management's Karl Hartey says.
The FSA will extend its consultation on planned Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market reforms by six weeks, further delaying fair treatment for customers says an independent consumer panel.
FSA plans in the RDR to recognise trade bodies only if they meet a strict set of criteria will likely result in higher fees and lower membership, threesixty warns.
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Financial advice firms are being urged to revisit their business checking procedures in the wake of the public censure and £7.8m customer redress ruling at IFA Park Row.
Advisers lacking specialist investment expertise should be “discouraged” from recommending funds of hedge funds and other alternative investments, despite the FSA unblocking access for retail clients.
Peter Lawrence spent 30 years in IT, but last year launched his own IFA firm. At a time when there is an apparent exodus of advisers, this is a move that goes against the grain.
The FSA has today issued its second fine in as many weeks over concerns on pension switching advice, but it is interesting to note case checking has been of particular interest to the regulator.
The FSA has fined the director of a Gloucestershire-based IFA network £49,000 for putting customers at risk of poor pension switching advice during the business's rapid expansion.
Bromley mortgage broker Dele MacAulay has been jailed for 21 months for knowingly submitting nine fraudulent mortgage applications for himself, his wife, and his brother.
The FSA was ‘seduced’ by the long boom of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, says Lord Turner.
Lord Turner will tell Parliament today regulators such as the FSA should force new, higher, capital and liquidity ratios on the world's largest banks.
HM Treasury may step in to support victims of the Keydata Investment debacle, according to reports.
The FSA has today unveiled a new regime allowing UK retail consumers to invest in funds of hedge funds and other alternative investments but has warned advisers they must understand the products before making a recommendation.
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