Blog: Can you cater for the mass market?

Who among you still believes the FSA's qualifications requirements represent the biggest hurdle to being able to do your job on 1 January 2013? How about the issues of grandfathering or the long stop? It's fair to say many IFAs remain fiercely defensive of their independent tag, but for how long? Isn't it all about professionalism now, not independence or otherwise? But while less noise is being made about these issues, one big concern remains. The RDR will, most still agree, reduce consumer access to advice. They say the move to adviser charging - and the effective banning of comm...