Wealth managers

The Conservative Party yesterday said it aims to complete a radical reform of financial services regulation in just five years.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants will step down in the summer after three years in the role.

Standard Life has been fined £2.45m by the FSA for serious failures relating to its Pension Sterling fund.

The AIFM directive was drafted by the EU in response to what it saw as an absence of common regulatory standards for non-Ucits investment vehicles and there are six key issues that specifically affect the UK-listed closed-ended fund sector.

The FSA has fined and banned a former UBS employee for helping cover-up unauthorised trading losses.

Investment Week, in association with Scottish Widows, asked financial advisers how they feel about investment outsourcing and found out from providers what they feel is necessary for a strong outsourcing relationship

Once again, the Gold Standard Awards is inviting companies from every sector of financial services t...

The Options Campaign, launched in October 2008, aims to improve turnaround times and standardise the annuity transfer process with an electronic system. So far 15 providers, accounting for more than 90% of annuity business, have signed up to the scheme...

The constant search for the next-best fund, the cult of the star manager and the disproportionate use of performance as a way of selling funds have underpinned the UK asset management industry over the past 20 years. But as current market conditions highlight...

A professional association has been formed for IFAs, financial planners and wealth managers establishing their own Oeics.