RDR
Your profession
Over a quarter of advisers consider the RDR proposal to enforce a new qualification standard will be biggest issue facing the IFA industry over the next 12 months, research suggests.
19 February 2010
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RDR
An open letter from an adviser to AIFA has reignited the fierce debate over whether higher minimum qualifications are the answer to the industry's problems.
17 February 2010
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Wrap/platforms
Platforms should come under the same whole of market regulatory scope as investment products post-RDR, according to advisers.
11 February 2010
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Regulation
Hector Sants' departure as chief executive of the FSA will have no bearing on the RDR, despite it coming just two years before the 2012 implementation deadline, the Personal Finance Society (PFS) says.
09 February 2010
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Your profession
Major insurers are spending millions of pounds of cash reserves to win a larger share of the corporate pensions market, despite evidence that much of the business will prove to be loss-making, according to a leading insurance-market expert.
08 February 2010
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Your profession
IN Partnership is continuing its growth plans with the addition of Bragagnini Associates Financial Solutions to the network.
05 February 2010
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Your profession
The RDR and fresh capital requirements are proof of today's culture of over-regulation, or so some say. Yet Peter Lawrence, an IT expert of 30 years, is diving head-first into the industry by launching an IFA...
04 February 2010
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RDR
Existing financial planners may need to re-think their client propositions as the RDR's drive for professionalism closes the gap between them and traditional advisers, threesixty says.
03 February 2010
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Your profession
A virtual conference examining what advisers need to do to become RDR compliant is being launched by Sesame Bankhall Group for its members.
03 February 2010
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Regulation
One in seven IFAs intends to leave the industry as a result of the RDR, research by J.P. Morgan Asset Management suggests.
03 February 2010
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