Regulation

US-based tax lawyer Douglas Stransky considers the impact of FATCA, the onerous US tax regime which is already turning Americans into 'financial pariahs' overseas.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will have "clear detrimental effects" on the accessibility of financial advice and lower overall savings rates, Lord Flight has warned.

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling has written an open letter to his successor George Osborne warning he must change course on the economy now or cause "immeasurable damage".

Former Barclays chief Bob Diamond has hit back at MPs' claims he was "highly selective" in his evidence to the Treasury Select Committee during the LIBOR rate-rigging scandal.

A compliance officer has received a partial prohibition from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to prevent unregulated collective investment scheme (UCIS) mis-selling by one of his firm's directors.

Photos of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)'s 'most wanted' tax evaders have been posted online to prompt the public to report them.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned of a second man contacting firms pretending to be from the regulator.

Standard Chartered has agreed to pay a $340m (£217m) fine to US regulators after it was accused of trying to hide up to $250bn of transactions with Iran.

REGULATION

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned that most crowdfunding schemes should only be targeted at sophisticated investors, amid concerns about their risk and complexity.