Financial Services Authority (FSA)
OpRisk Europe: Harmonised rules must preserve flexibility, panellists say
Speakers at OpRisk Europe conference call for balance between harmonisation and national freedom
Basel’s bitter pill – Aaron Woolner column
Basel’s bitter pill
Cost pressures making online distribution attractive to UK structurers
Retail Distribution Review forcing structurers and distributors to consider greater use of online platforms for trading structured products
Editorial: free the fee
Editor's letter
Taking the Retail Distribution Review to Europe
Replicating the RDR
Lehman Brothers ruling changes equation for creditors and clients
Protection racket
Stripping out commission will transform UK market, says FSA's Woodall
Linda Woodall, head of investments at the UK Financial Services Authority talks about the balance between consumer protection and the need to police financial advisers ahead of the Retail Distribution Review
Readiness of IFAs for Retail Distribution Review called into question
Most independent financial advisers are still unprepared for the implementation of the FSA's Retail Distribution Review, according to market participants
FSA crackdown on Ucis to hit private wealth management hardest
The potential ban on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes to retail will also reduce the range of investments in the private wealth sector, say industry participants
Recovery and resolution diverting attention from real risks, expert warns
RRPs are distracting risk professionals, one legal expert says
US insurers review FSA restrictions on life settlements
Insurers 'keen to close down market' in controversial investments
FSA warns on ETPs but omits to mention tracking error and hidden costs
A UK Financial Services Authority factsheet warns of risks relating to collateral and third-party involvement in exchange-traded products
Slow progress on Solvency II internal model validation threatens approval, FSA warns
Slow progress on Solvency II internal model validation threatens approval, FSA warns
Whistleblowers given more incentive in US than UK
When the whistle blows
Deleveraging fears overdone, says EBA chairman
Enria defends EBA's 9% capital buffer in New York speech
Regulators look out for clearing dodges
Out of the clear?
Questions raised over FSA twin peaks structure
FSA begins its ‘twin peaks’ approach, but some participants say questions remain over how the new structure will work
Liquidity swap activity will be driven by bank funding needs, say bankers
Banks’ long-term funding needs will drive demand for liquidity swaps with insurers
FSA releases final guidance as well as complexity insight
The UK Financial Services Authority released its final guidance on retail structured products on March 23. The consumer protection document was released by the regulator ahead of more statements of extreme caution from FSA chairman Adair Turner and after…
Editorial: Safety in deposits
Editor's letter
Trade of the month: Linear payout combinations
Trade of the month: Linear payout combinations
Investment banks still have 'significant' work to do on anti-bribery controls, FSA concludes
Newly released thematic review finds weaknesses in systems and controls across the sector