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The pick of this week's articles on IFAonline...

Miliband There were tough words from Ed Miliband as party conference season rolled on, with a warning he would enforce a strict 1% cap on pension charge. Commission RDR may be abolishing commission, but the FSA is clearly worried that providers will find some ways of getting round the rules, like these. Paraplanners The IFP appointed a paraplanners to its board of directors and revealed ambitions to become a trade body for the profession. David Severn The former regulator and boss of AIFA had some strong words to say about the ‘propaganda' around the difficulty of staying i...

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