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March 2012
01/03/2012
VAT Exempt For Servicing Advice On Products. In its final version of the RDR Guidance on VAT liability, HM Revenue & Customs ...
February 2012
29/02/2012
AIFA Long Stop Fair Liability Campaign. The Association of IFAs has launched an industry campaign to protect advisers against long-term liabilities. ...
28/02/2012
FSA Says Beware Bond Commission Rush Pre RDR. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has advised it will be monitoring advisers and providers ...
27/02/2012
FSA To Monitor Restricted Advice Panel Selection. According to Money Marketing, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to look into the way ...
24/02/2012
FSA Still Not Ready To Tell Consumers About RDR. In a report in FT Adviser, in a recent meeting between the Financial ...
23/02/2012
Lloyds Bank Sales Team Segments For RDR. Lloyds Banking Group are to separate is direct-advice arm in preparation for the RDR by ...
22/02/2012
Suspicious Trading Threadneedle Notify Police. Asset management company Threadneedle has confirmed to FTAdviser that it has informed the authorities to a suspicious ...
21/02/2012
Small SIPP Providers Under FSA Microscope. According to James Hay, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) may look to crack down on smaller ...
20/02/2012
PPI Bonus Clawback At Lloyds. According to reports by The Telegraph, Lloyds Banking Group are to strip its directors of more than ...
17/02/2012
Industry Divide On Client Poaching After Towry Ruling. Adviser firm Raymond James recently won its legal battle with wealth manager Towry and ...
16/02/2012
FSCS In Keydata 50 Per Cent Early Settlement Discount. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has offered Keydata distributors with claims against ...
15/02/2012
Towry Loses Client Solicitation Case. A High Court judge has dismissed all cases brought by Towry against IFA firm Raymond James and ...
14/02/2012
FSA Urges IFAs Check PI Post RDR. The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will require firms to consider a wider range of investments ...
13/02/2012
MF Global Collapse Risks 4000 FSCS Claims. Advisers could be forced to pay a massive bill for the collapse of MF Global ...
10/02/2012
Ombudsman Need Better Training. According to Godfrey Bloom, MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) works outside the ...
09/02/2012
PI Costs To Leap 50 Per Cent. PII brokers are warning that professional indemnity insurance costs could rise by over 50% after ...
08/02/2012
Outsourcing To DFM Is VAT Chargeable On Adviser. According to draft HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) guidance on VAT exemptions for financial ...
07/02/2012
AIFA Lobbys For Regulator Fees Cap. The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa) has lobbied MPs to introduce a cap on fees ...
06/02/2012
NTU Product Intermediation VAT Free As Well. A revised draft version of HM Revenue & Customs’ RDR guidance on VAT liability suggests ...
03/02/2012
Adviser FSCS 2012 Bill Could Be £73 Million. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has set its 2012/13 annual levy for financial ...
02/02/2012
FCA And PRA Guess Who Gets The Bill?. The Financial Services Bill will see the Financial Services Authority (FSA) replaced by the ...
01/02/2012
Ombudsman To Publish Complaint Firm Names. The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is sticking to its plans to include the names of businesses ...
January 2012
31/01/2012
Sants Ducks Blame Over RBS Fiasco. Giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee, Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants tried ...
30/01/2012
Compliance Officer £130,000 Fine. Alexander Ten-Holter, trader and former compliance officer at Greenlight Capital, has been fined £130,000 by the Financial Services ...
27/01/2012
RDR Will Damage OMO Annuity Advice. Campaigner Baroness Greengross is to lobby senior Government ministers over concerns that people with small pension ...

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