Are you prepared for the RDR?

Helen Morrissey
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As the deadline for the Retail Distribution Review swiftly approaches, Helen Morrissey looks at how prepared advisers are and asks what support they are being offered.

With just a few months to go until the Retail Distribution Review kicks in, advisers should be busy putting the finishing touches to their preparations in terms of getting qualifications, segmenting client bases and finalising their business models. However, just how well prepared many advisers are remains subject to debate. While some advisory firms claim to have been RDR-ready for months, others still have much to do. So will the advisory -community be ready by the end of the year and what challenges are they facing in their preparations? According to Pete Johnson, divisional direct...

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