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04 February 2013

Temporary Product Intervention Rules: inadequate safeguards

The FSA is consulting (as it is required to do under the Act) on the new power given to the FCA under the Financial Services Act 2012 to issue temporary …

19 November 2012

Suitability and systems: UK FSA fines wealth management firm as further thematic review work continues

Following on from its initial thematic work on wealth management firms, the FSA has fined Savoy Investment Management Limited (Savoy) £412,000 for …

09 November 2012

Dear CEO: please confirm your asset management firm has identified and mitigated the risk of conflicts of interest between it and its customers

Conflicts of interest between asset managers and their customers: Identifying and mitigating the risks is a 'Dear CEO' publication in which the FSA …

24 October 2012

FSA prioritises effective corporate governance in insurers

Effective corporate governance within insurers, including in particular those operating with-profits businesses, has been a high priority for the FSA for …

04 July 2012

Product intervention – what should the future hold?

The Herbert Smith financial services team recently hosted a roundtable discussion with high profile members of the financial services industry and a key …

31 May 2012

FSA fines bank and its former MLRO for failure to comply with anti-money laundering requirements

In May 2012 the FSA issued Final Notices fining Habib Bank AG Zurich ("Habib") £525,000 for failure to take reasonable care to establish and maintain …

03 May 2012

Listing Rules – FSA fines company for breach of related party transaction rules

The FSA has fined Exillon Energy, a premium-listed Isle of Man company, £292,950 for breaching the rules on related party transactions in LR 11 of the …

29 March 2012

MiFID II: a greater step away from the RDR?

Key recommendations by the Rapporteur on the investor protection elements of the proposed MiFID II Directive, contain some potentially significant …

01 March 2012

The Lehman client money judgment: Supreme Court upholds Court of Appeal decision

The Supreme Court handed down its judgment yesterday in relation to the client money application relating to Lehman Brothers International (Europe) …

03 February 2012

FSA limits requirement for one month's notice of capital issues

New rules requiring insurers, banks and other BIPRU firms to tell the FSA about proposed issues of shares or other capital instruments demonstrate the …

02 November 2011

Consultation on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive: Investment advice and the FSA's Retail Distribution Review

The European Commission published its consultation (the "Consultation") on the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID") in …

02 November 2011

European reforms to regulation of packaged retail investment products

The European Commission has recently published its long-awaited proposals on the regulation of Packaged Retail Investment Products (PRIPs).  The aim …