RDR

Debate on the Retail Distribution Review has been too focused on emotive areas such as independence, while ignoring other proposals in the consultation paper, according to Aegon's head of corporate affairs, Francis McGee.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has called on the FSA to "rebuild public trust" by developing higher professional standards in the industry.

A survey suggesting consumers are better off with IFAs than tied advisers raises "serious questions" about proposals at the heart of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), AIFA says.

Amanda Bowe today tells advisers: it is up to you, and not the FSA, to change the financial services industry.

The first Generic Financial Advice pilot, part of the Thoresen Review, has begun in the North West of England.

The FSA is not making a 'realistic attempt' to involve the wider IFA community in consultation sessions for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Phil Castle of Financial Escape.

A debate on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will form part of threesixty's first national conference for its IFA clients later this month.

Winterthur will launch a free online retirement planning tool in October. The provider tells IFAonline it will add Retirement Income Planning (RIP), for customers approaching retirement, to its Client Management platform.

AIFA has today released the third paper in its RDR Issues series, entitled The Meaning of Independence, which says changing the definition of independence could damage the independence brand.

HM Treasury has today announced the beginning of a pilot scheme to discover how Generic Financial Advice (GFA) might work in practice.