Winterthur launches RDR web service

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Winterthur has launched a dedicated service on its website to provide updates, commentary and opinion on the FSA's Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Winterthur has added the service to its Professional Edge adviser support services. It will provide advisers with the latest opinions on the review and to guide them through the proposed changes. The RDR’s discussion period ends at the end of the year. David Thompson, managing director, Winterthur, says: "Flawed, over-complicated and unfair – these are just a few terms levelled at the current system of financial product distribution in the UK. "There's no doubt that the current model of distribution needs revision, but it has strengths which advisers and providers have worked toget...

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