RDR

Our inbox has been filling up thick and fast with your RDR questions for MPs, who will debate the changes on 30 November. But so far they are all from men! Come on women IFAs, make yourselves heard, we know you can.

Since the original Financial Services Act 1985 invented the concept, the word ‘independent’ has become the watchword among financial advisers.

Tell us the questions you want raised at this month's Commons debate on the RDR and we will pass them along the Westminster corridors to the two MPs who called it, Harriet Baldwin and Mark Garnier.

Richard Mein, managing partner of Parmenion, examines the practical benefits of technology in light of the RDR.

Almost a half of IFAs would consider becoming restricted post-RDR under existing FSA definitions, according to new research.

John Porteous, head of distribution at Macquarie, looks at how IFAs can build a more efficient service.

MPs have been granted a three-hour slot for a full Parliamentary debate on the RDR.

Better Business: RDR

The FSA should stagger its RDR qualifications rules, permitting experienced advisers far longer than 2013 to meet the requirements, Lighthouse Group says.

Many wealth managers are lacking the required qualifications to meet RDR standards and are confused about 'independent' and 'restricted' advice labels, research suggests.