News
Your profession
Proposals to include advisers' qualifications alongside their company and disciplinary details on the FSA Register have been welcomed by the Association of IFAs (AIFA).
16 December 2009
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Your profession
The FSA is proposing to change the definition of an "existing adviser" to a person deemed competent on 30 June 2009 rather than the end of 2010.
16 December 2009
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RDR
The FSA says the establishment of an in-house professional standards model will be cheaper than setting up an independent organisation.
16 December 2009
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ETFs
Barclays Capital has listed an exchange-traded note on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX).
16 December 2009
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Investment
Aviva Investors has reopened its €249.5 European Property Sicav, more than 13 months after it suspended dealing in the fund.
16 December 2009
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RDR
Advice on group personal pensions (GPPs) should be paid for on a fee basis, even if employees receive no individual advice, the FSA says.
16 December 2009
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Your profession
Advisers who find written or oral examinations "stressful" may be tested via practical assessments and course work, the FSA confirms today.
16 December 2009
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Individual Protection
The FSA today says it will not read across the abolition of commission-based sales to the protection market.
16 December 2009
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ETFs
iShares has issued three bond index ETFs on the Xetra platform of the Deutsche Boerse, based on European corporate bond indices.
16 December 2009
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Wrap/platforms
Novia is linking up with The Pension Performance Review Company to provide advisers with a system for simplifying the process of transferring pensions on wraps.
16 December 2009
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