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UK-listed ETFs and ETPs saw assets under management (AUM) increase 49% last year against a global growth of 28%, according to BlackRock.

The FSA is proposing to restrict when firms can impose a market value reduction (MVR) on with-profits funds, in a consultation aimed at tightening rules to better protect policyholders.

Nick Eatock, chief executive of IntelliFlo, explains the basics of the company's software solution, Intelligent Office.

Julian Thomas, head of product development at LVAM, looks at possible fund charging structures in a post-RDR world.

We have seen with the recent submissions to the Treasury Select Committee that opinion is still polarised in the advisory community about the RDR.

The FSA must close a ‘liquid­ation loophole' which many advisers use to shuffle the cost of complaints onto the industry-at-large via the FSCS, according to a claims management firm.

RDR critic Alan Lakey has likened revising for more exams at his age to carrying out community service.

Verena Ross, international director of the FSA, has been nominated by the 27 EU member states to be the first head of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

The chief executive of the FSA has moved to reassure adviser firms the worst Keydata offenders will face further regulatory action, including being fined.

A tenth of advisers are considering the 'restricted' advice route after 2012, significantly fewer than recent estimates, new research suggests.