There could be 1.5 million self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) by 2018 despite FSA regulation potentially contracting the number of providers in the market, according to John Moret.
The UK has spent too long developing layers of ineffective and frustrating regulation in its financial services sector, according to economist John Kay.
The Association for Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is well placed to represent the industry now it has overcome the "red herring" issue of independence versus restricted, said one national director.
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Most workers are unaware they will have to pay for financial advice after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is implemented, according to Canada Life.
A financial services trade body, set up to assist with international policy and regulation, has gone insolvent after thousands disappeared from the organisation's bank accounts without explanation.