Regulation

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined investment firm Accendo Markets £56,000 after it failed to ensure its customers were suitable for high-risk products.

The Financial Services Bill has been branded a 'dog's breakfast' by a prominent Labour peer and criticised for being put together too quickly.

The Treasury is under so much pressure it should consider getting funding directly from the financial services industry, former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell has said.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will release its final consultation paper on the platform market before the Olympics begins, Investment Week understands.

INSYNERGY Investment Management is shutting down its fund range just four years after setting up, as pressure grows in the industry for competitiveness on fees ahead of RDR.

FundsNetwork has fired a warning shot to fund managers, saying any "special deals" struck up with rival platforms will be revealed under the transparency principles underpinning Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Members of the Treasury Select Committee have published a special review of the government's "defective" banking reforms, according to reports.

Companies are still 'seriously unprepared' for the FATCA rules which will come into force in January next year, a new survey by Thomson Reuters has revealed.

Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader who lost €4.9bn at Société Générale, described himself in court yesterday as a fall guy in a plot to hide the bank's exposure to sub-prime lending.

Firms who refer clients to restricted advisers for investment advice will not have their independence threatened after implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) rules, the FSA has confirmed.