RDR

Stunned advisers have warned of the "serious implications" of an FSA rule stating trail commission be passed to the client when they switch adviser from 2013.

Graeme Clark discusses discretionary management

This week we speak to the founder of South-Shields based paraplanning company The Paraplanning House.

The ranks of businesses awarded chartered status swelled by 23% in 2009, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) reports.

Financial advisers in Australia will be banned from accepting commission payments on products they sell as the regulator today unveiled a series of reforms to its financial services sector.

Close Asset Management has appointed an intermediary client adviser to help IFAs plan for the RDR.

Are IFAs becoming too dependant on paraplanners, or not enough? Professional Adviser's features editor Joanna Faith looks at the evolving role of the paraplanner.

The FSA's final RDR paper has made it clear IFAs must have ‘sufficient knowledge' of structured products to remain ‘independent'. So how can IFA firms ensure their RIs get up to speed?

Richard Howells, intermediary sales director at Zurich UK Life, looks at how adviser firms can use RDR qualifications as a business asset rather than a chore.

Platforms should offer structured products in order to comply with whole-of-market RDR regulations and capitalise on a growing market, according to Lowes Financial Management.