RDR
Your profession
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) will apply to become an accredited body under the FSA's new professionalism regime.
21 January 2011
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Your profession
The FSA says advisers no longer have to spend a minimum of one hour on structured CPD activities - it will permit 30 minutes instead.
20 January 2011
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Regulation
The FSA has assembled a small team to process warning ‘alerts' from firms about their individual advisers as it pushes ahead with its data and supervision plans.
20 January 2011
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RDR
The FSA's refusal to extend the timetable for meeting its professionalism rules, published today, hands a competitive advantage to large firms and banks, says Harriett Baldwin MP.
20 January 2011
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Your profession
The FSA admits it is "possible" some of the costs of its professionalism requirements will be passed on to consumers, as it estimates the total one-off charge to advisers of meeting the rules could hit £225m.
20 January 2011
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Your profession
The FSA is planning to launch a database to identify "high risk" advisers as it presses ahead with plans to monitor individuals through data collection.
20 January 2011
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Your profession
An independent test to establish the knowledge gained by advisers carrying out qualifications gap-fill before 2013 has been ruled out by the FSA.
20 January 2011
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Your profession
FSA accredited bodies will be allowed to continue checking a sample of just 10% of advisers' CPD to verify standards of professionalism.
20 January 2011
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Your profession
Firms will be obliged to inform the FSA if any of their advisers fall below its competence or ethical standards from July, as the regulator also confirms all retail investment intermediaries must carry a Statement of Professional Standing (SPS).
20 January 2011
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RDR
Retirement Angels' Alan Higham talks to Helen Morrissey about how the RDR will affect his firm and the adviser community.
20 January 2011
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