RDR

Advisers will only be able to use unstructured CPD to fill "a minority" of gaps, or less than 25%, in the run-up to RDR.

Consumers are drastically understimating the commissions taken by comparison sites which totaled £650m last year, according to new research.

Technology is generally considered a ‘good thing' in insurance, having come a long way from such primitive beginnings. But which technology, and how does it fit protection? Stuart Hayman investigates

Firms offering non-advisory roles to IFAs who fail to meet RDR requirements are being warned by the FSA to make sure they do not stray into delivering advice.

Firms offering 'lay advocate' roles to unqualified individuals after 2012 have been warned by the FSA to make sure they do not stray into regulated advice territory. Here's what you had to say...

The FSA will use new rules requiring firms to publish the complaints records of their advisers to help "build an overall picture" of individuals, but it has promised to investigate fully any cases that give it cause for concern and says it will only ban...

Another day, another FSA paper...

The government will look to exempt small financial services firms from further regulation for three years when it writes new powers for the FSA's successor.

Standard Life has dumped its face-to-face advice service for private clients, who will now be dealt with via telephone and online.

The FSA will collect more data from firms after 2012 and monitor their activities to "mitigate the risk of poor consumer outcomes" and make sure they have implemented its adviser charging rules.