RDR

The FSA has defended its decision to give accredited bodies permission to mandate membership before issuing advisers with a practicing certificate.

Chris Kilner of SimplyBiz talks to Maria Merricks about how advisers can go from being an appointed representative to directly authorised.

Yet more gloomy news for the nation's savers...

Five of the six professional bodies provisionally awarded by the FSA with accredited status this week will mandate membership before issuing advisers with practicing certificates. Want to know who they are?

Skandia has teamed up with technology provider Milestone Group to launch a rebates solution module designed to deliver improved accuracy and efficiency in the administration and delivery of rebates.

Maybe the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) does not really matter at all.

Advisers say the abolition of the requirement to annuitise by age 75 is the best pension reform passed this year.

Investment manager Henderson Rowe has unveiled a range of risk-scaled ETF portfolios on independent wrap platform Transact.

As part of a new, regular feature cutting to the core of some of the industry's key developments, IFAonline takes a quick look at accredited bodies...

Firms must ensure retail clients can cancel an ongoing service provided by their adviser without also having to withdraw their investments, the FSA says.