RDR

Separating lucrative customers from the unprofitable will form the centerpiece of advisers' survival strategies in the build up to 2012, a white paper suggests.

Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

The FSA's proposed capital adequacy regime punishes firms which are attempting to move towards the post-RDR business model, according to the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP).

Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

Proposals for firms' capital adequacy (CA) requirements will only favour those "old-style" advisers the FSA and IFP are trying to leave behind, according to threesixty.

Financial advice provision in the UK is likely to suffer following the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review's (RDR) requirements, the FSA's advisory panels have told MPs.

The debate over the new level of qualifications for advisers post-RDR reached new heights this week as intermediaries voiced their concern and anger about its proposals.

The Association of British Insurers has responded to the FSA's interim feedback statement on the Ret...

Advisers are faced with a stark choice of adapting their business to harsh economic downturn conditions or facing extinction.

Skandia is set to run a series of Trailblazer seminars focusing on advisers' use of platforms and the possible impact of the RDR on intermediaries' businesses.