RDR casualty predictions stabilise

Aviva's June Adviser Barometer found just 3.4% of advisers questioned were thinking of leaving the industry ahead of 1 January 2013, the same percentage as seen in the company's March survey. The figure, calculated from online interviews with 355 advisers, is in stark contrast to the 37% who suggested they would leave when asked in January 2009. Although he pointed some of these advisers may have already left in the industry in the intervening period, Andy Beswick, intermediary director at Aviva, said it was still positive news for consumers. "We haven't yet seen advisers exit the ...