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Our Work  /  Other Panel Documents

Sometimes, the Panel has views which it wishes to express formally to the FSA or other bodies involved in financial services, outside of any consultation period.

Such views are normally expressed in letters (and may sometimes have an accompanying press release).

These other Panel Documents are listed according to their date of publication. If you wish to search for a particular topic, please use the site search to find all of the Panel's work on that subject. Alternatively, the Panel Issues section contains summaries of the Panel's position on some key subjects, with related links.
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Jul 08   Submission to Treasury Committee Inquiry into the Inherited Estates - April 2008

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Jul 07   Panel Chairman John Howard's speech at the FSA's Annual Open Meeting, 19 July 2007

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Jun 07   Letter to the FSA on the Benefits of Regulation, and the FSA's decision to drop the requirements for the price menu and Initial Disclosure Document (IDD)

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Apr 07   Response to Call for Evidence to Thoresen Review of Generic Financial Advice

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Feb 07   Letter to European Commission, DG Markt on Mortgage Industry and Consumer Expert Group Final Document

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Aug 06   Letter to John Tiner re Move to a More Principles-Based Regulatory Regime

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Feb 06   Letter to FSA on CPo5/08** (RU64) - Suitability Standards for Advice on Personal Pensions

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Jan 06   Letter to European Commission on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

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Dec 05


  Submission to Treasury Select Committee - Europe and the Financial Services Industry - December 2005 download pdf
Nov 05   Exchange of letters
Letter to Alexander Schaub, DG, European Commission re FS Consumer Panel : Conference for Consumer Groups in the EU

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Nov 05   Exchange of letters between the Consumer Panel and FSA on the regulation of SIPPs - John Tiner to John Howard

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Nov 05   Exchange of letters between the Consumer Panel and FSA on the regulation of SIPPs - John Howard to John Tiner

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May 05   Review of the Banking Code Review Process download pdf
Feb 05   Putting the 'service' back into financial services: five challenges for the savings and investments industries.

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Jul 04   Dianne Hayter's speech at the Infoline Conference on Cost-Effectively Developing and Selling Simplified Products Under the New Treasury and FSA Proposals.

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Jan 04  

Panel submission to Treasury Select Committee on restoring
confidence in long term savings

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02 Dec 03 Evidence to Treasury Select Committee investigation into long term savings - endowment mortgages.

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01 Aug 03 Letter to John Tiner, FSA, on Sandler stakeholder products and the sales regime download pdf
07 May 03 The ABI's reponse to the Consumer Panel's letter of 13 March 2003 (below) download pdf
13 Mar 03 Letter from the Consumer Panel to ABI requesting a voluntary compensation scheme to be set up for those unable to claim through FSCS download pdf
23 Jan 03 Letter to Howard Davies on FSMA and Financial Advertising download pdf
10 Oct 02 Investment services directive download pdf
03 Oct 02 Inquiry into the future of UK pensions download pdf
05 Aug 02 Letter to Mr J F Mogg on Consumer Representation in Europe download pdf
05 Aug 02 Letter to DG Sanco on Consumer Representation in Europe download pdf
Jul 02 Financial planning advice download pdf
09 Jul 02 Split Capital Closed End Funds - Redress download pdf
01 Jul 02 Split Capital Closed End Funds download pdf
02 Mar 01 FOS Plan and Budget 2001/02 download pdf
06 Feb 01 Panel submission to the Treasury Select Committee Regarding Equitable Life download pdf
11 Jan 00 Financial Services and Markets Bill. Briefing note to members of the House of Lords on the Financial Services and Markets Bill
(A copy of the Financial Services and Markets Bill can be found on www.parliament.uk)
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