RDR

Alan Lakey is lobbying his MP in an effort to take Lord Myners "to task" for misleading parliament about reasons for the lack of a long-stop for advisers.

Otto Thoresen, Aegon UK chief executive, will today warn the RDR will price many consumers out of the market in a speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Personal Finance Society (PFS) will publish a 'plain English' version of the FSA's RDR guidance next year, because it says many advisers are still 'very unsure' about how to comply with the new rules.

Sesame members will be provided with a new compliance IT platform to help them manage their regulatory risks.

Exam writers Calibrand have entered the market with an 'RDR-ready' QCF Level 4 offering for financial advisers.

Telling people you are a journalist can provoke a pretty strong reaction, but we in the media are used to being viewed with some suspicion.

Holding client seminars

People who need financial advice don't often seek it but, as IFA Angela Wise of WH Ireland explains, there are ways to get the message across.

Some view the FSA's 'restricted' label as the new name for tied or multi-tied advice. They're wrong, says Tenet distribution and development director Keith Richards.

The first advisers have begun signing up to AIFA's new Diploma in Investment Planning.