Advisers shift focus on retirement portfolios amid regulatory scrutiny

Use of centralised retirement propositions almost doubles following thematic review

Sahar Nazir
clock • 2 min read

Advisers are adopting centralised retirement propositions (CRP) following the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) thematic review on retirement income advice, according to a recent study by Wealthtime and Copia Capital.

The report, Rethinking Retirement: Changing Gear? found that only 17% of advisers at that time managed a dedicated CRP separate from their centralised investment proposition (CIP), with most (80%) using the same portfolios for clients in both accumulation and decumulation stages. Another 3% employed bespoke portfolios specifically for retirees. However, by October, a follow-up poll conducted during Wealthtime and Copia's Rethinking Retirement Roadshows showed a marked shift: 29% of advisers had now adopted CRPs, while the proportion using CIPs for both accumulation and decumulation dropp...

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