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Assessing a client's risk appetite is key in multi-asset investing. Maria Merricks reports on the compliance issues advisers need to be aware of.

The ABI has voiced its concern over the lack of clarity surrounding legacy rules and said the regulator's latest stance marks a "fundamental" change to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

What are the key challenges facing advisers who have clients who could use QROPS as part of their retirement planning?

The Treasury has ruled out launching its own independent inquiry into the collapse of Keydata until after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has completed its review - which has so far stretched to two years without any public findings.

The Investment Management Association has moved back the date it will implement changes to the Managed sectors by three months after calls from members.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has proposed a solution to help UK investors escape an "impossible" set of US tax rules due to come into force in 2013.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called for an independent review into the collapse of Keydata and other investment firms and said the scale of recent failures has not been seen since the Barlow Clowes scandal of the 1980s.

Investment Management Association chairman Douglas Ferrans this week said the scale of recent investment failures, including Keydata, was on a par with the Barlow Clowes scandal of the 1980s.

Fidelity has proposed new names for the IMA Managed sectors based around their total exposure to 'risk assets' not just equities.

Net retail sales of funds dropped by £100m year on year in April, the Investment Management Association (IMA) has revealed.