Financial Services Authority (FSA)
The FSA's Retail Distribution Review: What price retail advice?
What price advice?
FSA revised pay code ‘tightens the screws’ on remuneration
New UK bonus rules are widened to cover thousands more investment firms
UK FSA sees further departures
Chief operating officer resigns
OpRisk Europe: The slow drive for change
Speakers at OpRisk Europe agreed that, while change in op risk legislation and capital calculation is necessary, it needs to be undertaken slowly and carefully
Three ordered by High Court to pay £115 million to UK FSA
Three ordered to pay up for accepting deposits without FSA approval
Regulatory culture vultures start to circle in UK
Regulating for good culture and ethics at financial institutions is difficult because it is so subjective, but there are signs the UK supervisor is moving in that direction
UK Treasury regulatory reform paper hints at potential industry costs
More details emerge on how the new regulatory regime in the UK will be structured
Regulator-firm communication on AML 'harder and harder'
Temenos product director says “buffer” of regulation obstructs meaningful dialogue
Review imposes op risk capital charge on non-bank lenders
Mortgage lenders must hold capital for operational risk
UK FSA reorganisation happening quickly, says head of risk
The break-up of the UK Financial Services Authority is beginning to take shape, says the regulator's head of risk management
Higher insurance premiums for structured products make RDR compliance difficult
Some professional indemnity insurers are charging higher premiums for structured products or are refusing to cover them. This makes it difficult for IFAs to offer them to their clients
Interview: UK MP Jonathan Evans on financial regulation
Chair of All Party Group on Insurance and Financial Services says reorganisation of UK regulatory structure is welcome
Market abuse is a bigger risk than financial short-selling
Effort by regulators to ban naked short-selling on financial stocks is misplaced, as market abuse from short-selling on small cap stocks based on insider information is a more real problem, says Lombard Odier's hedge fund arm
Call for FSA to cut back on consultation documents
UK MP Jonathan Evans asks for a fresh, "simplified" approach on consultation, and fairer implementation of EU directives
Hedge funds caught in EU Capital Requirements Directive
New European Union compensation rules affect hedge funds before AIFM comes in force
FSA pans auditors and seeks more regulatory power
Auditors were too willing to follow management's line before the crisis, FSA charges
MD of supervision to leave FSA before restructure in 2011
Jon Pain to step down from UK regulator before proposed changes take effect next year
RDR 'to fuel ETF boom'
The FSA's plans to overhaul regulations governing investment advice will spark a boom in the use of ETFs in the UK, according to BlackRock.
FSA bans drunk oil broker for market abuse
The FSA has fined and banned a former oil futures broker for manipulating the price of brent oil after an “extremely heavy” drinking session.
