From the Editor: The clock is ticking to 2012

Warnings and concerns appear to dominate headlines in the adviser space at the moment.

Katrina Lloyd
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Warnings and concerns appear to dominate headlines in the adviser space at the moment.

All eyes are on the RDR deadline date of 31 December 2012 and plans for individual and company transitions have this period firmly in their sights. However, perhaps we are getting too bogged down with what advisers need to do to prepare for the biggest regulatory upheaval in a decade. Behind the scenes, the life companies, platforms, asset managers and other product providers have the same deadline. They may be quieter about the progress being made to get RDR-ready but that is not to say the pressures they are under are any less. But perhaps it is time to be taking a closer look at pr...

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