Articles tagged "FSA"

New mortgage rules to be introduced

Last updated: Dec 19th, 2011
News by Rebecca Rutt
New rules to prevent risky mortgage lending are due to be introduced in 2013 by the Financial Services Authority

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RBS failures caused by poor decisions

Last updated: Dec 12th, 2011
News by Rebecca Rutt
The near collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland was due to poor decisions made by those in charge of the bank and flaws in regulation, the Financial Services Authority says.

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FSA fines two firms for pension switching

Last updated: Feb 16th, 2011
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The Financial Services Authority has levied fines on two firms which failed to check the suitability of the pension switching advice they gave their customers.

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FSA bans five mortgage intermediaries

Last updated: Jan 27th, 2011
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The Financial Services Authority has banned five mortgage intermediaries and fined one for a range of fraudulent activities.

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Barclays Capital fined by FSA over client money

Last updated: Jan 27th, 2011
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The Financial Services Authority has fined Barclays Capital £1.12 million pounds for failing to protect and segregate on an intra-day basis client money held in sterling money market deposits.

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Is your money really safe?

Last updated: Aug 23rd, 2011
Feature by Heather Connon
Investment products that guarantee all or most of your money back at maturity may sound like a safe bet, but as we saw in the banking crisis in 2008, such promises aren't always worth the paper they're written on. Heather Connon investigates.

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With-profits firms slammed by FSA

Last updated: Jun 30th, 2010
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The City watchdog is considering enforcement action against two with-profits companies after an investigation showed that many firms are treating policyholders unfairly. Ruth Emery reports.

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FSA to be abolished

Last updated: Jun 17th, 2010
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The Financial Services Authority is to be abolished in a shake-up by Chancellor George Osborne announced less than a week before the emergency Budget.

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Record FSA fine for JP Morgan

Last updated: Jun 3rd, 2010
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JP Morgan Securities has been slapped with a record £33.32 million fine from the City watchdog for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over a six-and-a-half year period.

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Gartmore admits link to FSA suspect

Last updated: Apr 1st, 2010
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Gartmore has admitted that Clive Roberts - an equities sales trader arrested last week on suspicion of insider trading - did a lot of business with the firm.

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