Start the clock: 500 days until RDR

Laura Miller
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Advisers have just 500 days to meet the requirements of the RDR - or face finding another job - before the new rules come into force on 1 January 2013.

Today the countdown to the RDR has begun in earnest. Advisers who have not done so already now have just 500 days left to switch to adviser charging and  achieve an RDR-ready qualification at QCF Level 4. For those of you already there (and we know that is not many of you) the heat is off. But for advisers still striving to be ready in time the pressure is on, not least because the Financial Services Authority has already said it will be keeping a very close watch on firms' sales habits as the deadline nears. IFAonline.co.uk has pulled together the best advice from around the indus...

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