Regulation

Only 7% of IFAs are currently employing a fee-only remuneration model, although an increasing number are now planning to move away from commission.

The Plain English Campaign (PEC) has been fighting gobbledygook, jargon and misleading public information since 1979. Judging by last week's RDR professionalism paper it still has work to do at the FSA.

More than three quarters of advisers are confident they will still be trading come 1 January 2013, the day the RDR is introduced, according to Aviva research.

The FSA has reiterated qualifications gap-fill should be structured CPD, but it says reading 'suitable material' is acceptable where it is not available for specific knowledge gaps.

The FSA has assembled a small team to process warning ‘alerts' from firms about their individual advisers as it pushes ahead with its data and supervision plans.

The FSA's refusal to extend the timetable for meeting its professionalism rules, published today, hands a competitive advantage to large firms and banks, says Harriett Baldwin MP.

Retirement Angels' Alan Higham talks to Helen Morrissey about how the RDR will affect his firm and the adviser community.

Almost half of financial advisers expect the RDR to result in more capital being allocated to ‘star' fund managers, but its effect on other areas of product selection will be more muted, new research suggests.

The launch of a work-based RDR assessment that can be completed in a single day has sparked a new debate over the role and suitability of 'alternative' exams.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) could be merged with a proposed National Crime Agency (NCA) as ministers target corporate corruption and fraud gangs which cost the UK £30bn a year.