RDR

The FSA is to look into charges levied by UK fund management groups after its head of investments policy queried why they had been rising in recent years.

A bill in Australia widely seen to mirror the UK's Retail Distribution Review has been passed by its parliament - albeit in a watered down form.

INVESTORBEE

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions story this week.

LONG-LOST

Lord Turner, Mark Hoban and Steve Webb have rebuffed complaints from a group of senior politicians about the adverse effects they claim the retail distribution review (RDR) will have on pension provision.

FACE TIME

Simon Ellis, managing director of Legal & General Investments, explains why index funds should not be viewed as the poorer relation of their active cousins and why investors are no longer using them to just tap into developed market growth.

Rebecca Murphy, director at North Investment Partners, on why the practice of outsourcing is boosting professionalism in the adviser industry.

MAM Funds is introducing a non-trail commission share class across its fund range ahead of the Retail Distribution Review.