Six firms in the life insurance sector are under investigation and may face disciplinary action over treatment of long-standing customers.

General insurance ‘scorecards’ are to be piloted, it has been revealed this morning.

The FCA has set out key areas that investment firms must focus on after it was instructed to assess risks posed by open-ended funds investing in the fixed income sector.

The FCA lacks good evidence on whether its actions are cutting mis-selling as a whole, a scrutiny review has concluded.

A 'bizarre' situation has been created for both Sipp operators and their members due to a ‘perfect storm’ of regulation, a Chartered Financial Planner says.

An FCA probe into 13 advisory firms found many failed to show consistently good practice when undertaking research and due diligence across all products and services.

Finance firms have been warned that they will have to adapt to rising volumes of complaints via websites like Twitter and Facebook.

Rising numbers of people aged 55 or above are being targeted by scammers by phone, text or email, polling has suggested.

There is a place for a return to commission in some form and it may help to overcome some of the imbalances in the current system, some advisers have suggested.

Investors are set to get back almost £2.65 million after a court ruling today over a fraudulent collective scheme.