RDR

The FSA is like the character from comedy series Little Britain whose answer to every question is "the computer says no", Mark Garnier MP said at a meeting this morning.

This week's meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group to discuss the impact of the RDR on IFAs attracted a lot of interest from MPs and a full public gallery

The RDR qualifications deadline is a "guillotine" on the careers of advisers and the FSA should be flexible on its implementation, AIFA director general Stephen Gay told MPs last night.

Julie Darlington, director of regulation at 2plan Wealth Management, looks at best working practices post-RDR.

Simon Badley, director of intermediary at Aviva, says the industry needs to work together to change the client view of financial advice.

The end of the year usually brings the obligatory look-backs and crystal ball gazing into the 12 months ahead.

A growing number of IFA firms are using PR to give them a competitive edge. Elizabeth Holt of Holt PR looks at how you can get the best from a public relations agency.

Any dilution of the RDR proposals will increase costs on consumers through continued mis-selling, the FSA warns today in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee (TSC).

IFA lobbying unit Adviser Alliance says the political momentum generated by the parliamentary debates on RDR presents the best opportunity to revise the Review and reveals it has received an offer to fund a judicial review into the lack of a time limit...

The FSA has delayed a policy statement on its post-2012 professionalism rules until January so it can provide a 'comprehensive rationale' about why it remains committed to the RDR to the Treasury Select Committee (TSC).