Financial services

The call by some pressure groups to water down the requirement to buy an annuity is misguided. What is needed is a change in the people's expectations of what an annuity can offer

the regulator writes to companies a month before their existing cover expires explaining how they can apply for lesser insurance burden

While the recent glut of consultations from the Government and FSA will be hard for the industry to respond to well, there is much to be welcomed in them

launch put off after FSA hints at restrictions on the amount trusts can invest in other trusts

half-day forum starts a busy month of events thAT include a conference on UK equities and bonds and an alternative investment summit

Frank Cottle Proprietor, The Lansdown Brokerage, Bath RE: Towards a true definition of mis-...

The chairman practices his newly acquired body language skills

The FSA is developing a financial healthcheck with industry and consumer groups to help provide cust...

The FSA is developing a financial healthcheck with industry and consumer groups to help provide cust...

This summer the FSA will issue a consultation paper supportive of long-only retail fund managers cha...