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Alliance Trust has appointed Karin Forseke as non-executive chairman to replace Lesley Knox, who announced last year she intended to step down from the role.

A former chief executive officer of UBS AG's wealth management unit who is challenging a £100,000 FSA fine was yesterday accused of failing to control the activities of his team, allowing them to make up to 50 unauthorised trades per day.

The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) report into the failure of HBOS is being delayed by a legal challenge from Peter Cummings, a former senior executive at the bank.

Advisers should expect a sharp focus on their investment propositions when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) begins its review of small firms later this year, according to Simplybiz managing director Matthew Timmins.

The FSA's understanding of the platform industry has again been called into question after it sent an "odd" questionnaire to operators quizzing them on their relationship with fund managers.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned and fined a former client adviser at UBS AG £150,000 for failing to act with integrity.

Christmas will not start for me until Friday 23rd, mainly because in the middle of a recession with a million people out of work it seems a bit vulgar to start earlier.

Sir Fred Goodwin could face criminal charges after the FSA's report into the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) suggested the bank's directors broke Britain's accountancy laws.

Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee have revealed they felt compelled to press the Financial Services Authority to better scrutinise its role in the downfall of Royal Bank of Scotland.

There are many lessons to be learned from the near-collapse of RBS. Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee Bill Knight and Sir David Walker set out what they believe were the four main mistakes which led to the bank's downfall - and how to...