Adviser support group Tenet has launched a technology platform aimed at helping adviser firms transition to the retail distribution review (RDR).

The FSA has said it will issue further guidance on legacy assets to clarify its existing rules.

Fidelity's Ed Dymott has slammed the FSA's "shambolic" handling of platform regulation and said the delay in platform charging rules until after 2013 will create an "RDR 2".

When the FSA's eagerly anticipated and much delayed platform policy paper finally dropped into our inboxes it provided yet another twist to the ongoing rebate debate.

The FSA said today it will stick to its guns and ban cash rebates, despite widespread industry opposition.

The FSA today said it wants to proceed with its plan, originally mooted in March 2010, to ban payments from fund managers to platforms.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has launched a new service enabling advisers to provide a discretionary management style service.

The platform policy paper will be published on Monday, the FSA said today.

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St. James's Place failed to make a profit from its distribution arm in the first half of 2011, citing the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), although group operating profit was up 13%.