RDR

IFA services provider Tenet is offering all advisers interest-free loans to cover the cost of meeting new minimum qualification requirements ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

Keith Gilmour, the business development director at Sesame Bankhall Group, has left the company after less than a year in the role.

The post-2012 regime for continuing professional development (CPD) is the "most transformational" aspect of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) managing director Ruth Martin.

(Update) Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown jumped almost 16% in early trading after the company reported a significant jump in profits and hiked its dividend.

Voyant UK vice president Bob Freeman explains why the right technology partner is essential for your business.

Fundamental Tracker Investment Management’s managing director, Robert Davies, explains how the FSA could really help change the UK’s savings culture.

Rules that would require financial advisers in Australia to get clients to opt in to their services every two years - and send them a fee schedule every 12 months - are failing to win support among some key stakeholders.

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Advisers are now largely clear on what they need to do to meet the requirements of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) from 1 January 2013. However, there are still a few queries arising, particularly regarding less conventional scenarios. The Personal...