The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has charged a trader with seven offences, including fraud and forgery, relating to an unauthorised investment scheme he operated.

A former security chief at Lloyds Banking Group has been jailed for five years for submitting false invoices to claim payments from the bank.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) is to change its name to the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

The FSA has fined an advisory business £58,300 for advising its clients to invest in high risk products which were "clearly" unsuitable.

Few consumers think the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is doing a good job, research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggests.

The boss of a futures brokerage has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $100m from 24,000 customers in the US state of Iowa.

A Conservative peer has urged the coalition to cut capital gains tax (CGT), arguing it discourages savings and investment and damages growth.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned former HBOS executive Peter Cummings and fined him £500,000 for failings within the company's corporate division.

The Financial Services Authority has fined BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited (BIM) £9.5m for client money breaches.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has underlined the importance of advisory firms carrying our cost comparisons when undertaking replacement business.