FSA

A Financial Services Authority (FSA) thematic review has uncovered widespread failings among SIPP operators.

Bank of Scotland has been fined £4.2m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to keep accurate mortgage records.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) "should and could" have intervened in the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS's) ill-fated acquisition of ABN Amro, a damning report by the Treasury Committee concludes.

Barclays wealth arm is in talks with the regulator about charging asset managers administration fees when their funds are recommended for private client portfolios.

Venture capital trusts (VCTs) and enterprise investment schemes (EISs) are to fall under the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) upcoming guidance on unregulated collective investments schemes (UCIS).

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (UK) Limited (SLOC UK) has been fined £600,000 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failings in the governance of its with-profits business.

RESTRICTED OR DIE?

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been forced to drop its investigation into property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and his role in the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing due to insufficient evidence.

Consumers who have suffered financial harm will be compensated quicker through the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) enforcement process.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will likely "go further" than the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in challenging providers on their products' target markets and charges.