RDR

Advisers are voicing their frustrations on the way the FSA consults with the industry, just days before the RDR outcome is revealed.

Advisers will be in no position to blame the FSA for the outcomes of the RDR if they do not respond to its proposals, a consulting group warns.

The number of advisers planning to exit the market completely as a result of the RDR and fresh capital adequacy requirements is rapidly decreasing, a survey suggests.

Consumers will be confused and alienated from financial advice due to the multiple distribution streams proposed in the RDR, experts say.

Talk of financial adviser numbers dwindling by up to half as a result of the RDR is premature and makes a mockery of the "resilience" of the adviser community, Legal & General (L&G) says.

Many advisers are not up to speed with the RDR, with a third admitting they have not read the FSA's Feedback Statement in detail, new research from Watson Wyatt suggests.

New qualifications for financial advice designed to meet the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) should incorporate three compulsory areas of study and a series of specialist options, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) proposes today.

A free online service enabling advisers to log and track agency requests across all the major providers from one place has been launched.

Passive funds are expected to grow in popularity in the post-retail distribution review (RDR) environment as product bias diminishes.

Financial services executives expect banks to be the biggest winners of the retail distribution review (RDR), with IFAs the biggest losers.