Axa Wealth has unveiled its post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) tiered pricing structure, which will come into force from January.

The incoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will swoop in to stamp out activities that it believes run counter to the spirit and practice of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according the FSA's head of investment policy.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the London School of Economics are launching a major piece of academic work looking at risk taking within financial services.

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An IFA has said at least two of his advisers and one of the accountants he works with have been cold called by firms trying to sell them and their clients pension unlocking schemes.

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European legislation the Markets in Financial Instruments directive (Mifid II) is the glaring omission from discussions about the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to the chief executive of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers...

A national campaign has been launched to try to tackle the estimated £1.2bn of fraud suffered by UK investors every year.

An IFA has helped a couple win compensation from high street bank Santander after the bank was unable to tell the clients how many accounts they had or how much money they had invested.

IFAs formerly part of the Paradigm Financial Advisers network - which was last month bought by Caerus Capital - are hoping for a turnaround in service standards when the new ownership comes into force.