RDR

Aberdeen Asset Management has launched a Retail Distribution Review (RDR) share class for its multi-manager range.

Advisers are confused about the rules over independence and single platform use, according to data from Skandia.

The Law Society has urged the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to rethink proposals to allow referrals to restricted advisers, warning of a 'clear risk' to law firms.

Removal of commission from investment markets will help raise all-time low levels of consumer confidence in financial services, the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) has said.

MASS MARKET MISTAKE

Adviser directory Unbiased will add whole of market restricted advisers to its search function, following a re-launch in November.

RUNNING FOR COVER

There could be as many as 1,000 extra mortgage advisers operating in the industry within the next few years as intermediaries cancel their investment permissions as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Martin Reynolds, CEO of...

ON THE CLOCK

National advisory group Foster Denovo has launched a financial planning service incorporating a transparent pricing structure as part of its plans following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).