Financial services

The FSA is investigating conflicts of interest that can arise within investment bank departments. ...

The FSA is looking at allowing the marketing of hedge fund vehicles to UK retail investors and is to...

While split capital investment trusts have come under FSA scrutiny lately for high levels of gearing and cross-holdings, many believe the sector is undervalued and offers good growth potential

Offering a number of advantages over traditional indexed investment funds, the exchange traded funds industry has grown to £86bn in the US but failed to repeat that success in the UK

Regulator claims marketing material may have led to investors being sold inappropriate shares

The FSA is set to release the findings of its investigation into the mis-selling of split-capital tr...

The regulator has put forward proposals to introduce a number of new product classes following the adoption of the EC Product Directive, which extends the range of possible investments in Ucits schemes

Association believes cost of proposals outlined in cp121 could outweigh benefits and abolishing polarisation could prove anti-competitive

The FSA's proposals on the future of independent advice have come in for criticism from Aifa, Jupite...

In its consultation paper of 22 April, the regulator outlined its intention to examine ways of eliminating the separate tax regimes for onshore and offshore vehicles introduced in 1984