Axa Wealth is launching a restricted advice offering for advisers looking to move away from independent status.
The vast majority of advisers intend to remain in the industry and offer independent advice after 2013, in a sign advisers have "accepted" RDR, research suggests.
The FSA has stressed firms need to have robust controls and transparent product approval methods when developing retail structured products.
Royal London has maintained bonus rates on with profits policies while increasing the majority of final payouts.
Alan Lakey has launched a website in an effort to raise consumer understanding of critical illness products and help people compare different policies.
The FSA has confirmed consumers will be able to pay charges direct to an adviser or agree for the provider to pay them from the investment in the post-RDR adviser charging regime.
Insurer Aviva gave new UK chief executive Trevor Matthews a bonus of £45,000 last year for just one month of work.
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George Osborne is set to announce a reduction in the top rate of income tax - but with implementation postponed for a year, according to reports.
Advisers are increasingly using index funds to access opportunities in emerging markets, research suggests.