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Forecasts of an IFA exodus in the build-up to 2012 appear unfounded as advisers previously unwilling to take more exams are changing their minds, research suggests.

Novia has launched an analysis tool to enables advisers to better tally client portfolios with their risk profiles.

Re-Insurer Swiss Re has released its review of the insurance industry which highlights consumer's demands for increased simplicity and clarity.

A newly developed financial planning tool called 2020 Adviser aims to tear up the traditional model of financial advice whilst meeting the challenges of implementing the RDR.

Stadia Trustees has launched a SIPP with Ipswich Building Society, which will provide access to a wide range of investment vehicles.

The FSSC today published the final standards for the core units that will be in every RDR-compliant qualification developed next year, as well as draft standards for the three specialist units.

The noise surrounding the RDR remains at full volume, although no-one will know what the final rules will demand of advisers until next year.

The FSA's "shaky" cost-benefit analysis of the RDR will face "proper scrutiny" after the National Audit Office (NAO) announced it is to investigate the FSA, the Association of IFAs (AIFA) says.

The managing director of an advisory firm has hit back at shadow pensions minister Nigel Waterson for questioning the RDR's focus on qualifications above experience.

No longer considered exotic, the online world is fast becoming the basis for the sale of financial products. David Child gives a few pointers to protection advisers.