The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has announced Financial Services Authority (FSA) managing director Martin Wheatley will deliver the keynote speech at its 2012 gala dinner.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has urged providers to 'step up to the mark' and buy into the increased professionalism of the financial services industry heralded by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
Zurich UK Life is to restructure the business into a three-pronged proposition, with one unit to cater for all pre-retail distribution review (RDR) business and products.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has admitted it still has plenty of work to do on educating the public on the Retail Distribution View (RDR), but said advisers will also have to play their part in explaining the changes to the market.
Wealth management group Ashcourt Rowan has appointed two chief executives to head up its financial planning and asset management divisions.
Neptune has launched a Defensive Managed fund as it becomes the latest fund group to unveil a lower risk offering.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will have 'no choice' but to soften its guidelines for referrals to intermediaries, according to Ian Muirhead managing director of SIFA.