RDR

Following Skandia's u-turn on platform-to-platform re-registration I will forever remember June 2009 as the month in which some real clarity emerged.

Sesame has rolled out the latest phase of its RDR support programme, an academy to help advisers adapt their business to the new regulatory environment.

Almost nine in every ten advisers have no intention of selling their businesses despite "scaremongering" reports of an IFA exodus in the build up to the RDR, research suggests.

The RDR will strengthen the appeal of passive funds as advisers move towards a fee-based structure, says Cofunds.

Aviva says it is time providers and distributors put their heads together to discuss how to ensure ‘orphaned' clients are treated fairly.

AXA is launching a pilot scheme to target adviser firms who demonstrate a poor track record for persistency.

The first phase of a free tool designed to help thousands of adviser firms meet recommendations in the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has been launched.

Firms with only one or two advisers were the worst hit during the six month period to mid April 2009 as economic pressures took their toll, according to new research from threesixty.

The Financial Advice Academy (FAA) has questioned the FSA's 2012 timetable for new qualifications standards.

Wrap provider Novia says the FSA failed to pick up on the lack of transparency in client charges in the platform sector in its recent Consultation Paper.