FSA

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have lurched into different directions over the timetable and rate of a levy on Britain's banks.

Gartmore has denied it forced out its head of compliance Gerry Harvey, who left the firm two months after joining.

Schroders plans to launch an Asian version of its top-performing Income Maximiser fund.

Two Bank of England directors have been earmarked to take control of transferring banking supervision from the Financial Services Authority to the central bank if the Tories win the election.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

The FSA has fined Credit Suisse £2.5m - reduced to £1.75m due to early settlement - for failing to submit accurate transaction reports.

Gordon Brown has confirmed the General Election will be held on 6 May, with the state of the economy and the future of financial services regulation to be the key manifesto targets.

Managing other people's money is all about trust.

Fidelity UK managing director Gary Shaughnessy has urged the industry to focus on the implementation phase of the RDR to ensure costs are kept down and advisers emerge better equipped to deal with the UK's savings gap.