RDR

Wizard has today launched a new integrated learning package for CII diploma students.

Just one in three advisers expect their business revenues to be mostly generated from fees after 2012, according to research.

AXA Winterthur Wealth Management is calling on the FSA to clarify the position under the new RDR framework for financial advisers who have already reached QCF Level 4.

The transition to a post-RDR business model could cost IFA firms as much as £10,000 per registered individual, according to research.

The RDR will ‘empower' IFAs and allow them to take control of their business and its client relationships, according to Ascentric.

The abolition of factoring as part of the RDR is the biggest worry among IFAs, according to a report from NMG Financial Services Consulting.

Skandia says proposals to ensure provider firms intervene in cases of ‘extreme' adviser charges go against the principles of the RDR.

Simply Biz chairman Ken Davy has given his support to the Conservatives' plans to abolish the FSA and establish a new Consumer Protection Agency.

An investment and protection IFA is seeking to pull together a "small and articulate" lobby group of like-minded advisers to confront the FSA over its policies, and the RDR in particular.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) is calling for "reassurance" from the FSA over the level of adviser fees post RDR.