An email from one provider urging advisers to maximise sales in the last week of trail is "desperate" and in "poor taste", according to managing director of Yellowtail Financial Planning, Dennis Hall.
After a lot of wasted time talking about exams and regulation there is finally an "acceptance of reality" by advisers regarding the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), Nick Cann has said.
Scottish Widows has announced its post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) charging model and the enhancement of its e-commerce channel.
South-east based advisory firm, Foster Denovo, is in talks to recruit 100 advisers following an announcement in October that it plans to grow its staff by 50%.
Retail Distribution Review (RDR) requirements have made paperwork correspondence "too long, confusing and not very intuitive", said one IFA.
Most workers are unaware they will have to pay for financial advice after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is implemented, according to Canada Life.