RDR

ARMCHAIR CRITIC

INTERVIEW

Richard Philbin, the former F&C and Architas multi-manager, has teamed up with the founder of Skandia's Best Ideas range Alan Durrant to launch a new multi-manager business.

Providers and fund managers have shown "complete inconsistency" over issues such as legacy trail and facilitating adviser charging - showing they were underprepared for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to the Personal Finance Society (PFS)....

CWC Research, in association with FundsNetwork, has launched a guide on how adviser business models can profitably evolve in the post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR)environment.

Independent financial adviser Bradbury Hamilton has bought two client banks as part of its growth strategy and has further acquisitions in sight.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a rallying call to advisers and the wider industry to help it regulate, saying it "can't do it alone".

The number of firms de-authorising jumped 214% between March and April, according to research by Matrix Solutions based on Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data.

Some 97% of IFAs report taking on new clients since the advent of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to research released today.

Prudential has reported a 21% fall in sales of with-profit bonds for the first quarter of the year, which it has attributed to the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).