13th July 2011

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Suitability.... again

FSA have recently sent a "Dear CEO" letter emphasising yet again their supervisory focus on suitability. This time the target was "wealth managers" which the FSA define as... read more

Unregulated collective investment schemes

UCIS were the subject of significant regulatory action in 2010 and this subject is still on the FSA's list of priorities for 2011. In our experience of dealing with adviser firms there is still... read more

PPI Complaints and the banks - TCF?

The failed judicial review by the banks of the FSA's PPI Complaints Rules may leave some IFAs with mixed feelings. Whilst there appears to be little dispute that...read more

Arch Cru

You will have all seen the announcement by the FSA on the 21 June of the partial compensation package to be made available to investors in the Arch Cru funds... read more

Increase to FOS limits

Following an earlier consultation FSA have confirmed that from 1 January 2012 the FOS limit on awards will be increasing to £150,000 from the £100,000 limit which has been in place since 2001... read more

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