FSA platform pricing consultation set for mid-2012

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The FSA's consultation into platform pricing will not start until the middle of next year as the regulator conducts research into pricing models across the market.

Its consultation will look at all aspects of platform remuneration including fund manager rebates, cash rebates, unbundled charging models and share classes, IFAonline understands. The consultation process, expected to start in May or June next year, comes on the back of August's platform policy paper in which the regulator delayed a ban on both cash rebates and fund manager rebates pending further research. The FSA is currently conducting research into pricing models across all platform types and will launch the consultation once this is completed. It will likely be carried out in...

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