Regulation
RDR
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has completed its consultation on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Lansons' head of regulatory consulting.
23 May 2012
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Wrap/platforms
AWD Chase de Vere has stressed it will remain independent post-RDR and will not develop a restricted or simplified advice offering.
23 May 2012
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Regulation
A financial adviser has been jailed for two years after swindling three women, including two elderly aunties, out of £312,000.
23 May 2012
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Regulation
The Financial Services Bill has passed through to the House of Lords without any significant amendments affecting financial advisers, including the reintroduction of a long-stop.
23 May 2012
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RDR
In this week's sponsored Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Does Aviva have all the products you would expect of a retirement specialist?
22 May 2012
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Regulation
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has warned that consumers are ignoring the risks around unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), even when they are spelled out by their advisers.
22 May 2012
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Wrap/platforms
Advisers should push ahead with platform strategy reviews amid concerns the delayed platform paper could see them "take their foot off the pedal", Alliance Trust Savings has warned.
22 May 2012
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RDR
The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has urged the Money Advice Service (MAS) to expand its offerings and ‘push regulatory boundaries' in order to help to close the advice gap.
22 May 2012
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