FSA retail markets managing director Clive Briault told an FSA conference this week that identifying firms making slow progress with TCF by March and “bringing them to the stage” will be central to its supervisory work.
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McFall says FSA could learn from ASA on financial advertising
Treasury Committee chairman John McFall MP has written to the FSA to express concern about the its regulation of financial advertising.
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Base rate rise could cost borrowers almost £300m
Egg warns that today’s 0.25% increase in the Bank of England’s base rate could cost borrowers £292m.It says the eight million people with standard variable rate mortgages could collectively be paying substantially more a month more on their mortgages, or on average around £35.92 each.However, Egg says that many people could actually reduce their mortgage […]
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Ihave focused on one of the Miton Optimal funds – the strategic fund – already. It has had a hard time this year due to a big cash bias and its limited ability to buy into alternative asset classes. Miton therefore proposes to launch the Arcturus fund, which will be a non-Ucits retail scheme taking […]
Johnson Fleming's fundraising challenge for CLIC Sargent
Johnson Fleming’s current charity of the year is CLIC Sargent: the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families.
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Amber Rudd to return as work and pensions secretary
Former home secretary Amber Rudd is set to return to the cabinet as work and pensions secretary, according to reports. The appointment follows the departure of Esther McVey yesterday over her refusal to back the government’s draft Brexit deal. According to reports, Rudd, a remainer, was offered the job after environment secretary Michael Gove spent […]
FCA writes to pension transfer introducer clients over legal action
The FCA has written to all former clients of Avacade Limited, an unregulated pension introducer, to inform them about its legal action against the firm and its directors. In November 2017 the FCA said it would start civil proceedings against Avacade Limited, now in liquidation, and its three directors Craig Lummis, Lee Lummis and Raymond […]
Fears protection commission disclosure will turn clients off advisers
As new disclosure rules bring the full extent of protection commissions into the spotlight, experts are asking if this will see clients ditch their advisers in favour of execution-only services. Under the Insurance Distribution Directive, from 1 October advisers have had to provide clients with information before a product sale about any commission received, which […]
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