RDR

The FSA is like the character from comedy series Little Britain whose answer to every question is "the computer says no", Mark Garnier MP said at a meeting this morning.

The FSA will review the exam standards of pension transfer specialists ahead of other areas, despite calls from the industry for it to prioritise closer scrutiny of mortgage advice.

This week's meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group to discuss the impact of the RDR on IFAs attracted a lot of interest from MPs and a full public gallery

The RDR qualifications deadline is a "guillotine" on the careers of advisers and the FSA should be flexible on its implementation, AIFA director general Stephen Gay told MPs last night.

Julie Darlington, director of regulation at 2plan Wealth Management, looks at best working practices post-RDR.

Simon Badley, director of intermediary at Aviva, says the industry needs to work together to change the client view of financial advice.

IFA lobbying unit Adviser Alliance says the political momentum generated by the parliamentary debates on RDR presents the best opportunity to revise the Review and reveals it has received an offer to fund a judicial review into the lack of a time limit...

Chancellor George Osborne has been asked to produce the "body of evidence" supporters of the RDR claim justify the regulatory overhaul.

One group certainly took the advice I offered last month about doing more to connect with MPs and Parliament and it has paid off already.

L&G is giving advisers the chance to quiz a panel of experts on the impact of regulatory changes to the platform market in a live debate at 2pm today.