RDR

Flows into multi-asset products have been growing consistently in recent months, and multi-asset now constitutes 11% of the UK funds market.

ADVISER NUMBERS

Sales of self-invested personal pensions (SIPPS) at James Hay in the first half of the year were up significantly but profits and revenues were down.

Mattioli Woods, the pension consultant and wealth manager, has reported increased pre-tax profits of £5.56m, up 9.9%, for the year ended 31 May.

TRAIL COMMISSION

AUTO-ENROLMENT

Customer agreed remuneration (CAR) gives clients the final say on how much they pay for advice but some providers still put ‘decency limits' in place. Carmen Reichman finds out why.

SSAS

Restricted national advice firm Sandringham Financial Partners has received more than 100 applications from advisers to join the firm since its launch.

Personal Finance Society (PFS) CEO Keith Richards has praised advisers for showing strength and resilience in the wake of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), after Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) figures suggested intermediaries are re-entering the...