RDR

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.

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.

Are you afraid that when the RDR arrives the public will perceive advisers as charging fees for all products and so not consider coming to you for protection advice?

The regulator's about-turn to allow commission payments on Holloway-style income protection plans after 2012 proves the RDR neglected lower-premium paying consumers from the start.

The FSA says a study conducted in Australia seven years ago provides the 'most relevant' evidence of a link between higher qualifications and better financial advice. Yet some of the highest qualified planners made the poorest recommendations. IFAonline...

Helen Morrissey talks to Almary Green's Carl Lamb about how he thinks the retail distribution review will affect the advisory community

For those who missed it, and for those who enjoyed it so much they want a second look, here are the presentations from Lansons' Richard Hobbs, M&G's Anthony Doyle and Highclere's Alan Lakey.