Talk of the town

Day one of the upcoming Morningstar UK Investment Conference will feature an "Adviser Forum" where a panel of leading investment advisers will debate the topical issues currently influencing retail investment advice. Two major developments - MiFID and the FSA Discussion Paper, "A Review of Retail Distribution" - are likely to be hot topics. One is imminent, and the other, though still in the discussion stage, has the potential to change the face of financial advice in the UK forever. Few attending the Conference will be unaware of MiFID (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive), ...