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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has charged an investment banker with insider dealing and money laundering, along with two associates.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has predicted the full force of the payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling saga may not be felt until the second half of the financial year.

Financial secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, has announced that two deregulatory amendments to the EU Prospectus Directive have been brought into effect a year early by the UK to help small businesses access equity finance more cheaply and effectively....

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy will increase by £7.3m next year to meet the cost of the collapse of Southsea Mortgage and Investment Company, but only banks are likely to be affected by the rise.

A warning about underperforming Child Trust Funds, dividends on the rise again, and the pros and cons of low-cost funds. Here is IFAonline's round-up of the weekend's national newspapers...

Morgan Stanley has been dubbed 'the new Morgan Sachs' after its equity and bond traders captured market share from rivals over the past quarter.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis.

During an era when some banks sought to establish themselves in the world of financial advice, one Lancashire independent financial adviser has turned the tables. Well, sort of...

Thomas Heathfield chose perhaps the most extreme route out of high street bank consultancy ever heard of.

HSBC has confirmed around 460 adviser roles will be cut in a "re-shaping" of its UK business model ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).