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FCA sets out plans for product intervention powers published on 9 May
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> The regulator has set out the circumstances under which the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will exercise its temporary product intervention powers. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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The long goodbye published on 8 May
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> GOODBYE FSA <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> Peter Smith today became the latest in a series of high profile departures from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) over the past few years. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Adviser finds evidence of pre-RDR commission dash published on 3 May
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> A chartered financial planner claims to have found evidence of attempts to maximise commission by both bank advisers and IFAs ahead of the RDR. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Adviser admits to £250k fraud and perverting course of justice published on 16 April
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> A Newport-based financial adviser has admitted to fraudulently gaining almost £250,000 from clients and a building society, as well as perverting the course of justice. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Tenet: Government must review 'uncontrollable' cost of regulation published on 13 April
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> The government must conduct a full review of the 'uncontrollable' cost of regulation and the impact it is having on businesses, according to Tenet. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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The ten most complained-about firms in 2011 published on 28 March
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> GRIPES <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> Who were the most complained-about businesses in the second half of last year? <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Adviser banned for £1.3m mortgage fraud published on 27 March
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> A financial adviser has been fined £95,200 and banned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for knowingly submitting mortgage applications in his own name which contained false information. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Budget 2012…condensed published on 21 March
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> BUDGET-LITE <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> In what was possibly the most-leaked Budget in history, Osborne today confirmed a number of expected measures, including a cut in the top rate of income tax and moves to avoid the child benefit "cliff edge". <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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Ken Davy demands FSA answers on Arch Cru intervention published on 16 March
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> Industry veteran Ken Davy has demanded answers from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on why it did not disclose the fact it had ordered changes to Arch Cru marketing materials before the collapse of the investment scheme. <!-- end-summary --> </p>
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MPs back calls for 'fiduciary duty' on all firms published on 23 February
<p><small> <!-- link --> <a href=http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/>ifaonline</a> <!-- end-link --> </small></p> <p><!-- subheading --> <!-- end-subheading --> <!-- summary --> A group of MPs have backed calls by the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) for firms to sign up to a 'fiduciary duty' under the new regulatory system. <!-- end-summary --> </p>