Armchair Critic: Should RDR II resurrect the Man from the Pru?

Should RDR II resurrect the Man from the Pru?

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Professional Adviser's Armchair Critic Brendan Llewellyn wonders whether, against all common consensus, the government should look back to move forward if it wants a nation of financially secure citizens...

I was driving slowly through central London recently, caught in a queue behind a Range Rover - the urban travel brand for the hard of thinking - when I spotted its number plate: RDR 2. Which got me thinking: Three years after RDR MkI, what delights might RDR: The Sequel bring?   Unfinished business A primary theme in RDR MkI was an attempt to re-jig the relationship between provider and adviser by placing remuneration in the hands of the adviser and client. There has been some progress here, but many advisers express their fees as a proportion of the client's capital or, to put it m...

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