RDR

Axa Winterthur Wealth Management has enhanced its single pension product, The One, to offer a greater choice of funds.

IFAs are becoming more reliant on income from commission, despite regulatory pressure to move towards a fee-based model, research from Russell Investments shows.

Dan Draper, global head of Lyxor ETFs, explains how the RDR is set to bring the UK intermediary market closer to the US investment advisory model.

Just one in three advisers expect their business revenues to be mostly generated from fees after 2012, according to research.

A growing number of insurers are mulling introducing a mixed commission option for advisers selling their protection products.

A dozen regional events enabling advisers to give their feedback in person on draft core units agreed for QCF Level 4 qualifications have been announced by the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC).

AXA Winterthur Wealth Management is calling on the FSA to clarify the position under the new RDR framework for financial advisers who have already reached QCF Level 4.

Guildford-based IFA Keith Churchouse is in the late stages of publishing The First Churchouse Chronicles, a book documenting his 24 years in financial services.

Affluent Financial Planning has hired a paraplanner as part of plans to prepare for sweeping changes under the RDR.

In an extract from their book 'Get the Adviser Advantage: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Retail Financial Services', Nick Bamford and Martin Bamford explain that while advice and products are currently packaged for remuneration purposes,...