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The regulator has set out the circumstances under which the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will exercise its temporary product intervention powers.
Mutuals must not succumb to commercial pressures and launch products without understanding the risks they are taking on, warned Martin Wheatley at the BSA conference yesterday.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told banks the new regulatory system will push them to weed out potentially harmful products and demand they pay particular attention to treating customers fairly.
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The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has spoken in support of a fully-advised market, in its response to the FSA's Mortgage Market Review proposals.
Former directors of failed banks could be banned from taking lucrative jobs in the City under plans being drawn up by the regulator.
Hector Sants has announced he is to quit as the head of the FSA in the summer.
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will drift closer to becoming a regulator under a proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according to a legal expert.
Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has stepped up his efforts to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) more accountable to Parliament than its predecessor, the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has criticised the 'adversarial' remit of the industry's proposed new regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has said allowing the new regulator to publish early warning notices poses a risk to ‘natural justice’ and urged the government to reconsider the issue.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called on MPs to ensure the new regulator emphasises the innocence of firms if they are exonerated after the publication of warning notices.
Margaret Cole is to step down from her role as managing director at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) ahead of its restructure.
The FSA will switch to ‘twin peaks’ regulation from 2 April, with one part overseeing prudential matters and the other conduct regulation.
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