What is Financial Services Authority?
{{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = Financial Services Authority |nativename_r = |logo = |logo_width = |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |formed = December 2001 |preceding1 = |dissolved = April 2013 |superseding = [[Prudential Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)|Prudential Regulation Authority]], [[Financial Conduct Authority]] |jurisdiction = [[United Kingdom]] |headquarters = [[25 North Colonnade]]<br>[[London]], [[United Kingdom]] |employees = 3,800 |budget = |minister1_name = |minister1_pfo = |minister2_name = |minister2_pfo = |chief1_name = [[Adair Turner]] |chief1_position = Chairman |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |keydocument1 = |keydocument2 = |website = {{url|http://www.fsa.gov.uk|www.fsa.gov.uk}} |footnotes = }} The '''Financial Services Authority''' ('''FSA''') is a group who regulate banks and other [[Finance|financial]] companies in the [[United Kingdom]]. Its [[Board of directors|board]] is appointed by the [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] and the organisation is structured as a company limited by guarantee and owned by the [[UK government]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=394966&NewsAreaID=2 |title=NDS.coi.gov.uk |access-date=2011-06-15 |archive-date=2009-03-26 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090326143558/http%3A//nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID%3D394966%26NewsAreaID%3D2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its main office is based in [[Canary Wharf]], [[London]], with another office in [[Edinburgh]]. When acting as the competent authority for listing of shares on a [[stock exchange]], it is referred to as the '''UK Listing Authority''' ('''UKLA''').<ref>{{Cite web |title=FSA.gov.uk |url=http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/Doing/UKLA/index.shtml |access-date=2011-06-15 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163212/http://