Retail Distribution Review sparks debate

Dear Editor, Judging by the volume and depth of coverage of the Retail Distribution Review in your August edition it seems as though the Financial Services Authority has already achieved one of the discussion paper's key aims - to spark a debate. Will it achieve all of its other aims? In its present form we think this is unlikely, hence the debate becomes a very meaningful one and we urge advisers to take up the FSA's invitation to respond to the paper's questions. Shortly after the paper was published, we surveyed almost 600 financial advisers and 44% said they would be General Financi...