Regulation

The vast majority of independent advisers see the RDR as a 'great commercial opportunity', although more onerous CPD and record-keeping requirements remain a concern, research suggests.

Our inbox has been filling up thick and fast with your RDR questions for MPs, who will debate the changes on 30 November. But so far they are all from men! Come on women IFAs, make yourselves heard, we know you can.

Since the original Financial Services Act 1985 invented the concept, the word ‘independent’ has become the watchword among financial advisers.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) has told the FSA there are plenty of "risk indicators" it could use to determine which firms should contribute lower annual fees.

Tell us the questions you want raised at this month's Commons debate on the RDR and we will pass them along the Westminster corridors to the two MPs who called it, Harriet Baldwin and Mark Garnier.

Richard Mein, managing partner of Parmenion, examines the practical benefits of technology in light of the RDR.

Almost a half of IFAs would consider becoming restricted post-RDR under existing FSA definitions, according to new research.

John Porteous, head of distribution at Macquarie, looks at how IFAs can build a more efficient service.

MPs have been granted a three-hour slot for a full Parliamentary debate on the RDR.

The FSA has been warned new commodities ETFs launched by investment banks pose a danger to the metal markets.