RDR

Tenet has urged the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) to broaden the scope of its next RDR debate and says a root and branch review of regulation is "desperately needed".

Mark Garnier has insisted only the FSA can change the course of RDR, despite the interventions of politicians and ministers.

Advisers must pass a one-day 'professional discussion' on four case studies and a technical interview to reach QCF Level 4 via the CII's alternative route, launched today.

Leverage is like Marmite in the world of ETFs - you either love it or you hate it. Recent figures from Barclays Stockbrokers show leveraged long and short ETFs featuring in the top 10 most popular purchases by retail investors, with a ‘super short' FTSE...

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has revealed that the regulator will publish its proposed framework for the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) in autumn 2011, with no rule changes due before 2012.

Outsourcing investment decisions has become a popular trend in the run up to RDR. Yet plenty of advisers are eager to keep control of this part of their business.

Great feedback this week (even if I do say so myself) on an article outlining the benefits, or not, of operating as part of a national IFA or as a directly-authorised adviser.

The R01 exam may not be the best route for experienced advisers to improve their knowledge or gap-fill for CPD as it is too academic and lacks relevant material, according to IFA Ian Lowes.

Guardian Wealth Management, the international advice firm, will head-hunt 300 IFAs in a major recruitment drive ahead of the RDR, and offer some the chance to escape the rule change by working abroad.

Relationships between IFAs and solicitors could be damaged by a lack of knowledge of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS).