RDR

The FSA says the establishment of an in-house professional standards model will be cheaper than setting up an independent organisation.

Advice on group personal pensions (GPPs) should be paid for on a fee basis, even if employees receive no individual advice, the FSA says.

The RDR fails to meet its original objectives on the key issues of qualifications and increasing access to advice, according to new research.

Forecasts of an IFA exodus in the build-up to 2012 appear unfounded as advisers previously unwilling to take more exams are changing their minds, research suggests.

The FSA and HMRC must address widespread confusion over when VAT is applicable to advice-giving post-RDR, industry experts argue.

A local IFA has become the first personal financial planner in Wales to be certified to ISO 22222 by Standards International.

The managing director of an advisory firm has hit back at shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson for questioning the RDR's focus on qualifications above experience.

IFA network Openwork has unveiled a three-year plan to gets its advisers ready for the RDR.

The FSA yesterday warned it will take a "dim view" on any adviser firm seeking to build trail business in a bid to "get around" its adviser charging proposals.

People who really need good financial advice risk being shut out by FSA-led industry reforms, shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson says.