RDR

Hector Sants, chief executive of the outgoing Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told MPs the industry holds the "flawed" belief its responsibility to consumers ends with providing product information at the point of sale, a situation the new regulator...

Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has admitted accountability issues with parliament and apologised for ill-feeling caused by the FSA's refusal to delay the retail distribution review (RDR).

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Advisers have reported newspaper adverts for Ivan Massow's commission rebate business as misleading to the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

National IFAs have launched a recruitment drive in the run-up to the New Year by inundating firms with invites to join their businesses.

Syed Kamall, member of the European Parliament for London, said he is "not impressed" with the European Commission's assessment of the impact of EU regulation on the UK, and has called for an independent review of proposals to only ban IFAs from receiving...

Banks and providers will create services to help customers shop around for annuities if reforms to the open market option (OMO) succeed, Steve Lowe, director of external affairs at Just Retirement says.

Introducing a 15-year long stop would boost investment into the advisory sector and create a "vibrant and well-capitalised community", Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) director general Stephen Gay has told Parliament.

Providers' claims that attitude-to-risk questionnaires can be as much as 93% accurate are being challenged by advisers.

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