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FSA reveals a haul of irms with cash gaps.

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MORE than 50 financial advisory companies have so far failed to meet the FSA's capital adequacy requirements, according to the financial services regulator.

Just weeks after the City watchdog pulled the plug on Berkeley Berry Birch for failing to fill an AGBP11m hole in the group's finances, the regulator revealed a total of 56 companies had so far failed to meet its capital adequacy benchmark.

The regulator first introduced capital adequacy rules, which required companies to assess and set aside the amount and quality of capital needed for the size and nature of its business, back at the end of 2004.

The FSA was unwilling to confirm the names of …

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