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This page contains helpful documents on financial promotions published by the FSA. They are categorised under the following headings:

• Press releases
• Speeches
• Reports
• Policy statements
• Dear CEO letters
• Bulletins
• Other
  

 

Date	Press releases
2008
13 November 2008	FSA concludes its review of insurance comparison websites
22 May 2008	Mortgage broker censured for financial promotions and sales-related failings
8 May 2008	FSA calls for all insurance comparison websites to provide consumers with clear, fair and not misleading information
2007
19 December 2007	FSA imposes a public censure on PB Roberts Limited
28 November 2007	FSA calls for all firms to ensure their promotional websites are fair, clear and not misleading
3 September 2007	Mortgage broker fined for financial promotion and sales-related failings
22 May 2007	FSA finds significant improvement in home and motor insurance press advertising
16 January 2007	'Savings claim' in insurance advertising can mislead consumers warns FSA
2006
28 November 2006	Poor financial advertising in sub-prime market a sign of wider problems, says FSA
21 September 2006	FSA fines Langtons (IFA) Limited £63,000 for serious systems and controls failings
25 August 2006	FSA fines Friendly Society £55,000 for financial promotions failings
2005
22 November 2005	FSA warns industry to address VCT promotions failings
10 November 2005	Kings fined £60,000 for financial promotions failings
10 May 2005	Courtover Investment Management Ltd fined £20,000 for approving misleading financial promotion
23 March 2005	City Index Limited fined £35,000 for misleading financial promotions
3 March 2005	FSA fines Highbury Financial Services Ltd £35,000 for misleading financial promotions
13 January 2005	FSA fines Hemscott Investment analysis Ltd £50,000 for misleading financial promotions
2004
30 December 2004	Cantor Index fined £70,000 for misleading spread betting promotions
21 December 2004	Axa Sun Life fined £500,000 for misleading advertisements
1 September 2004	FSA bans David M Aaron Ltd for widespread mis-selling of precipice bonds
1 June 2004	Cherry-picked data is now a thing of the past, says FSA
17 February 2004	FSA stamps on misleading adverts
11 February 2004	FSA fines Berkeley Jacobs for 'pensions unlocking'
2003
22 December 2003	FSA finalises rules on past performance in advertising
19 December 2003	Chase de Vere fined £165,000 over misleading precipice and high income bond promotion
1 July 2003	FSA takes action on poor advertising
15 April 2003	FSA cleans up use of past performance figures in advertising
8 April 2003	New analysis on relevance of past performance data published
25 March 2003	FSA fines DBS £100,000 for misleading advertising
8 January 2003	FSA clamps down on misleading ads and urges consumers to help
2002
3 April 2002	Watchdog sets out new approach to regulating financial ads

 

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Date	Speeches
November 2007	Financial Promotions and More Principles-Based Regulation - Freedom and Responsibility
June 2007	Financial Promotions: Principles in Action
April 2007	The FSA's approach to supervising financial promotions under the New Principles-Based Requirements
December 2006	Key Themes and Developments in Financial Advertising

 

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Date	Reports
1 August 2006	Financial Promotions: Progress update and future direction [PDF]
February 2005	Financial Promotions: Taking Stock and Moving Forward [PDF]
April 2002	The FSA's regulatory approach to financial promotions [PDF]

 

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Date	Policy statements
October 2007	PS07/18: Conduct of Business regime
May 2007	PS07/6: Reforming Conduct of Business Regulation

 

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Date	Dear CEO Letters
26 July 2004	Financial Promotions for Spread-Betting [PDF]
30 June 2004	Financial promotions: investments for children [PDF]
November 2003	Pension transfers from occupational pension schemes in wind-up [PDF]

 

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Date	Bulletins
5 April 2007	Financial Promotions Bulletin [PDF]
5 April 2006	Financial promotions mortgage and general insurance bulletin (Issue 5) [PDF]
12 December 2005	Financial promotions mortgage and general insurance bulletin (Issue 4) [PDF]
31 August 2005	Financial promotions mortgage and general insurance bulletin (Issue 3) [PDF]
9 June 2005	Financial promotions mortgage and general insurance bulletin (Issue 2) [PDF]
28 February 2005	Financial promotions mortgage and general insurance bulletin (Issue 1) [PDF]

 

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Date	Other
12 September 2008	Credit advertising - a guide to dually-regulated advertisements [PDF] A joint publication with OFT and FSA
19 June 2008	'Dreaming of a place to call your own?' Key issues in Mortgage advertising [PDF]
8 May 2008	The simplified regime for financial promotions - all change or status quo? Article published in Money Marketing