Financial services

fsa in talks to allow direct retail investment in hedge funds once protection is established

Many advisers are failing to consider how product recommendations will affect a client's entitlement...

John Tiner, chief executive officer of the FSA, is to step down in July after six years with the org...

Five key industry figures will front the FSA's Retail Distribution Review (RVR) including Royal Lond...

The FSA has named the five industry figures appointed to lead taskforces within its Retail Distribut...

The FSA has fined W Deb MVL (WDM), previously known as Williams de Broe, for widespread failings in ...

John Tiner, chief executive officer of the FSA, is to step down in July after six years with the org...

AIG Pension's Nigel Hewett looks at the rising popularity of flexible USPs and reveals how, in the current climate, it is more important than ever the adviser takes responsibility in ensuring a product meets a client's needs

The FSA is set to introduce Sipp regulation this year which will mean more organisations can provide personal pensions, potentially opening up the Sipp market to more competition

Despite the abandonment of proposals to allow tax-efficient investment in residential property and exotics via Sipps, the number of investors taking out these pensions has greatly increased