Regulation

Reaction to the FSA's consultation paper CP10/8 on pure protection sales by retail investment firms has been positive.

There is much of interest in the FSA releases today (26 march). The debate about fund manager rebates will get louder and continue for a couple of months. For those of us who are also interested in protection, the paper 10/8 (Pure protection sales by...

The FSA has issued four questions for the protection industry as part of its Consulation Paper 10/8.

The FSA believes there is there is no consumer detriment in allowing advisers who operate under COBS rules to maintain their current commission based charging.

The FSA has abandoned the reading-across of RDR labelling to pure protection.

The FSA's consultation paper 10/8 published today proposes retail investment firms must disclose protection renumeration.

The FSAs consultation on Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling has costly ramifications for the PPI industry according to financial research company Defaqto.

Recent moves on bribery and corruption are signs of a new approach to the issue by the FSA and SFO that will affect brokerages. Richard Burger explains

The Government's continued drive to slash benefit spending takes another step today as new guidance is issued about the incoming ‘fit note'.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has hit out at the industry's regulators for imposing what it calls ‘disproportionate' fee hikes and one-off levies on its members.