MAS

More than 6.3m people contacted the Money Advice Service (MAS) between April and September, suggesting demand among the public for generic financial advice.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out plans to cut regulatory fees by reallocating advisers who have permissions to hold client money or safeguard and administer assets to different fee blocks.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has appointed former Life Trust Holdings CEO Andy Briscoe as its chairman.

Some 14 payday lenders have confirmed they are planning to exit the market following a crack down on their practices by trading watchdogs.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its levy for the coming year will be £432.1m, with financial advisers contributing 9% of the total.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has come under fire from MPs after a sub-committee of the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) accused CEO Caroline Rookes that her organisation does not know what it is doing on money advice.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) is calling on stakeholders in the financial services industry to share their knowledge of what works for consumers as part of a wider project designed to improve the overall financial wellbeing of Britons.

The controversial Money Advice Service (MAS) will likely be shut down when it next comes up for review in 2015, according to Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) chief executive Robert Sinclair.

The Financial Conduct Athority (FCA) has axed a proposal to cut the fees advisers pay towards the Money Advice Service (MAS) by 94%, and instead will reduce them by just 42%.

The Money Advice Service (MAS) has put an increased emphasis on 'budgeting' in its Business Plan 2013/14 released today.