The FSA has confirmed advisers will have much greater flexibility on how they provide information to their customers on their status, the nature of their advice and how they are paid.
The FSA today says there must be greater clarity for consumers on both the price and ‘characteristics' of protection products sold by advisers and providers.
As advisers get to grips with the principles-led legislation of TCF Kristen Paech takes a look at the challenges they have to face
Regulation: FSA plans to create two-tier structure for ICOB products
The FSA is suggesting the quality of advice delivered to retail consumers is not good enough to warrant removing all prescriptive rules of the Training and Competence regime.
Ben Goh , managing director of Financial Services Compliance Ltd, considers the implications of the resignation of FSA CEO John Tiner...
The Financial Services Authority recently published its proposals for a radical move to principles-based regulation. What will this mean for the industry and what are the pitfalls?