Regulation

The drive towards higher professional standards is here to stay, according to Sesame Bankhall.

The RDR could drive up to 3,000 advisers out of the industry over the next five years, according to the latest estimates.

Towergate Financial has announced Investment Services Scotland as the first IFA firm to sign up to its new Transition Toolkit.

Ed Dymott, head of UK fund partners at Fidelity, discusses the RDR platform proposals that still need clarifying to achieve a level playing field.

The FSA has fined the London branch of Société Générale £1.57m for failures in transaction reporting.

The FSA has fined Zurich Insurance UK £2.27m for failing to prevent loss of customers' confidential information - the biggest fine levied on a single firm for data security failings.

The FSA has withdrawn its petition for the winding up of Wills & Co after creditors approved its proposal for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).

With up to a quarter of IFAs expected to leave the industry in the run-up to RDR, Maria Merricks finds out how advisers looking to sell their firms can attract buyers.

Data management will play a crucial role in ensuring advisers are RDR ready.

The FSA has delayed the long-awaited publication of its platform consultation paper owing to intense lobbying from some of the industry's largest players.