Regulation

The Retail Distribution Review has set the clock ticking for those giving regulated advice and sales guidance on retail products, says Matt Smith

IFA network Financial Ltd is hosting a technical roadshow designed to help advisers prepare for the RDR.

It's clear that the baby boom generation are a key part of an adviser's business model, as it's the section of the population with the most disposable income and the greatest savings.

Richard Howells, intermediary sales director at Zurich UK Life, says advisers need to start considering their post-RDR business plans now to steer clear of future strategic problems.

The Conservative Party yesterday said it aims to complete a radical reform of financial services regulation in just five years.

Semperian, a £1.3bn property fund spun out of Land Securities, has pleaded guilty to an FSA charge of failing to ask for the regulator's approval when it bought an FSA registered business.

An open letter from an adviser to AIFA has reignited the fierce debate over whether higher minimum qualifications are the answer to the industry's problems.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) should be ashamed - not proud - of its part in reducing the minimum adviser qualification level, according to the managing director of Smart Financial Planning.

Lifemark, the life settlement vehicle embroiled in the collapse of Keydata, has been given a further six months to restructure.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) says it is prepared to work with Ken Davy's newly-formed Alternative Assessment Project Group, but only once the FSA has firmed up its evaluation criteria for getting to Level 4 standard.