Regular communication between IFAs and their clients is the secret to maintaining healthy retirement savings, research suggests.
The Future Adviser Programme is a 6-week summer internship giving a top-down look from the manufacturers view all the way down to the advisers face-to-face meetings with clients, and everything in-between.
The FSA has set out an ambitious implementation plan for its new retail distribution strategy, with all firms expected to be fully compliant by the end of 2012 at the latest.
Skandia says the Association of British Insurers' stance on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has left it with little choice but to leave the trade body.
Software has already been launched to cater for the ‘guided sales' approach outlined in the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), with a pilot scheme currently in progress.
MPs are being urged to give the FSA time to get the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) right, rather than completing it quickly.
Almost one in six financial advisers will leave the industry if the Retail Distribution Review's (RDR) proposals are accepted in their current form.
A clear distinction between sales and advice could help boost consumer confidence in the financial services sector, according to a report from the Association of IFAs (AIFA).
Hundreds of advisers have shown interest in a diploma level qualification within days of its launch as they prepare for tougher rules on professionalism.