Distribution review findings date announced

It says a discussion paper will be launched at a conference on 27 June, outlining the results of the review which was launched in June last year, specifically focusing on five major themes; the sustainability of the retail distribution sector; the impact of incentives; professionalism and reputation; consumer access to financial products and services and regulatory barriers and enablers. In a speech last year Callum McCarthy, chairman of the FSA, criticised the industry’s current business model suggesting it was broken, and at the conference in June he is scheduled to speak on ‘a great o...