Ian Mason is a Partner and Head of the Financial Services and Regulatory team at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP. He was formerly Head of the Wholesale Group in the FSA's Enforcement Division. Ian is a member of the PLC Financial Services consultation board. Ian shares his views on topical financial services regulatory issues with PLC Financial Services subscribers on a regular basis.

In his column for March 2009, Ian considers the Turner Review and related discussion paper (DP09/2), both published by the FSA on 18 March 2009.