A blanket ban on traded life policy (TLP) investments would amount to "overkill" and could hamper the UK's ability to compete in global markets, according to SL Investment Management (SL).
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should as a matter of urgency retract its references to traded life policies (TLPs) as "toxic", said EEA Fund Management.
FSA rules around legacy assets are "unclear" and "incomplete" and could result in less transparency for consumers, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).
The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) today highlights the FSA's swift dismissal last year of a proposal to delay the introduction of RDR as evidence of accountability and culture failings at the regulator, and said the same problems must not "plague" its...
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has not used mystery shoppers for at least 18 months, despite a promise from Hector Sants that the regulator would make more use of the tactic.
Police have arrested five men as part of its investigations into a small number of suspicious trades reported by Bristol-based stockbroker and wealth manager Rowan Dartington.
The FSA has extended its investigation into advisers who sold Arch cru funds to include inherited or acquired clients.