Regulation

David Ferguson, CEO of Nucleus Financial, wonders whether advisory firms should accept business transition help from companies that may have an ulterior motive…

Jason Britton, chief investment officer at T. Bailey, explains why outsourcing to a multi-manager is RDR-friendly.

David Hesketh, group M&A manager at Perspective Financial Group, looks at the four options for IFAs who are not yet RDR-compliant.

Bristol-based advice firm Sovereign IFA is buying up the business of small IFAs who are looking to exit the industry as the RDR comes into full effect.

The government is proposing to merge the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with the Competition Commission to create a single Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

The restricted versus independent debate has polarised industry opinion. Maria Merricks talks to three industry experts with conflicting views...

Support services provider SimplyBiz is unveiling extra compliance support to aid the increasing numbers of firms and advisers it expects to leave networks in the run up to RDR.

The former chief executive of Singer & Friedlander, the City investment bank bought by Kaupthing, has called for the FSA to publish a report into the Icelandic banks' collapse.

Nick Plumb, IFA at Bright Financial Planning Ltd in Sudbury, vents his spleen on the RDR.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants is thought to be uncomfortable with Governor Mervyn King's hardline stance on the banking system which helped hurl Britain into recesssion.