http://www.complinet.com Complinet UK Retail Banking Investment and Insurance Products RSS feed en complinet.com http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104443 It has been said that when America sneezes, other parts of the world soon start to catch a cold. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:18:29 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104563 The Council of Mortgage Lenders welcomed the government's announcement that it would support homeowners who faced mortgage difficulties with £10m of funding for advice and legal support. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:59:06 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104558 Anyone who is hoping for "hard and fast" answers from the retail distribution review by October will be disappointed following the latest comments from Dan Waters, director at the Financial Services Authority. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:59:05 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104339 A&L Goodbody's insurance team presents its monthly update on Ireland's banking, insurance and investment sectors. Fri, 09 May 2008 13:01:43 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104513 The Financial Services Authority is frustrated at the way in which individuals can turn up at the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal, look wide-eyed, innocent and sympathetic and retain their ability to be financial advisers. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:16 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104508 Wholesale firms whose customers are all eligible counterparties are unlikely to be touched by the Financial Services Authority's treating customers fairly initiative despite principle six applying to all financial services firms, a recent seminar heard. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:55:38 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104550 Today's roundup includes an FSA press release calling on all insurance comparison websites to provide consumers with clear, fair and not misleading information. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:04:53 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104525 The industry appears to have united in its calls for the Financial Services Authority to go even further to clamp down on price comparison web sites that do not comply with industry regulation. Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104506 Today's roundup includes an FSA speech on the future of financial regulation. Thu, 08 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104475 The Financial Services Authority will put senior managers "through their paces" and regulatory professionals need to ensure that the board takes its compliance responsibilities seriously, the Complinet European Customer Summit heard. Thu, 08 May 2008 17:25:32 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104493 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will work much more closely with the financial services industry following a series of high-profile industry collapses and concerns about the regulation of short-selling and insider trading, sources said. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104412 Attempts to reform insurance contract law since the 1950s have been like putting "sticking plaster" over the problem and the Law Commission is now hoping for something more fundamental, according to law commissioner David Hertzell. Wed, 07 May 2008 17:11:34 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104455 Today's roundup includes FSA Consultation Paper 08/9: Financial Services Authority Compensation Scheme: EEA branches of UK insurers. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:38 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104393 The Joint Forum has published a paper entitled "Customer suitability in the retail sale of financial products and services". Wed, 07 May 2008 10:32:49 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104434 India's insurance regulator has started to moderate the investment risk exposure of insurance companies. Wed, 07 May 2008 05:56:41 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104341 . Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104398 Today's roundup includes an FSA speech entitled the Retail Distribution Review Interim Report. Tue, 06 May 2008 11:33:55 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104338 In a speech at Chatham House on April 29 David Nason, US Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions, set out some of the progress being made in the structural reform of the US financial markets. Mon, 05 May 2008 20:57:04 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104303 Supervisory visits from the Financial Services Authority post-Northern Rock have become less outcome-focused and their tone appears more prescriptive, compliance officers told a senior FSA manager this week. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:44:03 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=104286 The Financial Services Authority is attempting to provide "cutting edge" regulation at the industry's expense, according to the British Insurance Brokers' Association. Fri, 02 May 2008 12:26:11 +0000