FSA prepares to publish conflicts of interest guidance

The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) is preparing to publish its guidelines on conflicts of interest in investment research towards the end of October after consultation with the financial services industry and the publication of a statement of principles from International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco).

The guidelines will follow FSA's consultation paper on the subject, CP171, first published in February, about which Futures and Options Association (FOA) raised a number of...