Opinion

Get ready for IMD2. Yes, the EU Commission is reviewing the Intermediaries Directive and it is now reaching full consultation stage.

Business consultant Steve Billingham outlines the difference between being professional and being ‘good’

With the RDR only two years away, we know adviser firms up and down the country are taking a good hard look at their businesses.

Schroders head of UK intermediary Robin Stoakley, who bagged a mention in this week's RDR debate, gives his views on why 30% of advisers could leave the industry post-RDR.

While this extended period of low interest rates is welcome news for borrowers on variable rates, it is an expensive headache for lenders.

Holly Mackay, managing director of The Platforum, believes the FSA's Platform Consultation paper is broadly good news, but there are some key points to answer.

Before the last raft of papers was published by the FSA last week, I think the industry had a fair grasp of what ‘independence’ would mean post-RDR.

Dear FSA, I do hope you won’t mind me expressing a little surprise at some of the contents of your platform paper, but be honest: you have done something of a U-turn.

Christine Johnson, manager of the Old Mutual Dynamic Bond fund, assesses the long-term argument for sticking with fixed income

David Coombs, head of multi-asset investments at Rathbone Unit Trust Management, on the prospects for gold.